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The US United Auto Workers union qualified for partial recognition at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee on Monday.

The deal gave the union its first formal role in a foreign-owned car plant in the southern US.

An independent auditor verified that UAW Local 42 had signed up at least 45 per cent of workers at the Chattanooga plant.

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