Volkswagen AG said Wednesday it will not immediately recognize the United Auto Workers union until an external audit establishes its membership level — and it opened the door to working with other groups representing employees.The German automaker said it has created a "Community Organization Engagement policy that sets guidelines for interactions with labor organizations whose membership includes a significant percentage of Volkswagen Chattanooga employees."
The policy — obtained by The Detroit News — requires a union to get at least 45 percent of eligible employees in a specific group to join. But the union could not seek to be the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees. The VW policy doesn't expressly state it would agree to bargain over wages, benefits and working conditions with any union.
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