Erik Schelzig

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The auto giant declined to engage in contract talks with the UAW while challenging an NLRB decision.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Board files labor complaint against VW

Associated Press, Erik Schelzig · April 27, 2016 8:01 pm

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam speaks at a ceremony to announce sports apparel maker Under Armour will build a new $100 million distribution center in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Under Armour expects to hire 1,500 workers at the facility scheduled to open in early 2016. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Haslam questions high jobless rate in Tennessee

Erik Schelzig · October 7, 2014 5:01 pm

UAW forming Alabama local aimed at Mercedes plant

Erik Schelzig · October 3, 2014 11:16 pm

Under Armour COO Kip Fulks, left, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony for the athletic apparel maker's new $100 million distribution center in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Under Armour expects to hire 1,500 workers at the facility scheduled to open in early 2016. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Under Armour facility to create 1,500 jobs in Tenn

Erik Schelzig · October 2, 2014 10:18 pm

Mercedes labor chief seeks UAW foothold in Alabama

Erik Schelzig · September 23, 2014 10:08 pm

Alabama’s Motus motorcycle: Not another cruiser

Erik Schelzig · September 13, 2014 2:59 pm

The redesigned Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan reaches its final assembly stage at a plant in Vance, Ala. The luxury automaker has warned annual profit will drop in 2018 because of higher import tariffs.

Mercedes to build new SUV at Alabama plant in 2015

Erik Schelzig · September 5, 2014 9:48 pm

FILE - In this June 12, 2013 file photo, workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The United Auto Workers unions announced on Thursday, July 10, 2014, that it is forming a local chapter in Chattanooga, and that it expects Volkswagen to recognize it once it signs up a "substantial" number of workers at the plant.(AP Photo/ Erik Schelzig, file)

UAW: ‘Consensus’ reached with Volkswagen on union

Erik Schelzig · July 10, 2014 10:24 pm

Jack Daniel opens Alabama barrel making facility

Erik Schelzig · July 7, 2014 6:21 pm

Haslam officials release some details of Asia trip

Erik Schelzig · June 17, 2014 11:12 pm

Bottles of George Dickel Tennessee whiskey are displayed in a liquor store Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Alcohol regulators ended their investigation into whether George Dickel, a subsidiary of liquor giant Diageo, violated state laws by storing whiskey in neighboring Kentucky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Fight rages over definition of Tennessee whiskey

Erik Schelzig · June 11, 2014 4:34 pm

FILE -- In this Sept. 2003 file photo, Gary Hinshaw tests the proof of the whiskey at the George Dickel Distillery near Tullahoma, Tenn. Alcohol regulators ended their investigation Tuesday, June 10, 2014, into whether George Dickel, a subsidiary of liquor giant Diageo, violated state laws by storing whiskey in neighboring Kentucky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Tenn. drops investigation into liquor giant Diageo

Erik Schelzig · June 10, 2014 11:08 pm