The fresh defeat comes at a pivotal time for the UAW, which has been struggling to move beyond a federal corruption probe and faces contentious contract talks this year with General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV.
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The loss also raises renewed questions about whether the UAW can gain a toehold in the U.S. South and organize workers at a foreign [!!] automaker. The union's membership peaked at 1.5 million in 1979 and despite gains this decade [BWAH!], it fell to below 400,000 last year.
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Ahead of the vote, prominent Republican elected officials in Tennessee, including U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, had argued publicly against unionization at the Chattanooga plant.

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2018 union membership rate, illustrated

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