Eight workers at a Chattanooga, Tenn., Volkswagen plant have alleged that United Auto Workers officials used “misrepresentations, coercion, threats, and promises” in an attempt to organize the plant.

In charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board Wednesday, the eight allege that union officials lied to them, claiming that signing union cards did not count as a vote to join. In fact, the cards were presented by the union to the company as proof the workers wanted to organize.

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