Michael Göbel, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, stepped down from his post yesterday, according to a video message that workers were shown.

In Relay Race to Organize the South, Volkswagen Workers Pass the Baton to Mercedes Workers

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In a watershed victory, workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted tonight "UAW, yes!" The company's sole non-union plant will finally join the rest of the world.

“If Volkswagen workers at plants in Germany and Mexico have unions, why not us?” said equipment operator Briam Calderon in Spanish, ahead of the vote.

"Just like Martin Luther King had a dream, we have a dream at Volkswagen that we will be UAW one day," said Renee Berry, a logistic worker on the organizing committee who's worked at the plant for 14 years.

Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote Union

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Ten smiling people pose together in a crowded meeting room. Two are holding huge yellow "Union Yes" signs with the UAW logo. Most are wearing red, blue, or purple T-shirts with UAW logo or organizing-themed slogans. The man on the far right holds a small child in his arms.

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