#chattanooga

[aleprouswitch]

April 2024's edition of Chattanooga Noise Night was full of challenging sounds (the good kind):

İpek Eginli (Istanbul/Atlanta)

Figmentarium Animation

Trunniun

Cooperative Future

Slow Blink

#noise #experimental music #chattanooga #chattanooga noise night #my photos

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Paul Blest at More Perfect Union:

Thousands of workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee have voted to join the United Auto Workers, defying an all-out union-busting effort from the state’s political leaders and marking a key victory for the United Auto Workers in their renewed effort to organize the South and non-union plants.

Unofficial results tallied Friday showed that after three days of voting, more than two-thirds of workers voted to join the UAW. The win in Chattanooga is the first successful attempt to organize a non-union automaker in decades and comes after multiple failed attempts to organize the plant, including in 2014 and 2019. More than 4,300 workers were eligible to vote this week.  “I can't explain it. It's not like the first times,” Renee Berry, who has worked at the Chattanooga plant for 14 years and through two prior facility-wide votes, told us in the lead-up to the election. “The first few times was hell…now it's like we can roll our shoulders back, because we got it.”  Volkswagen is the world’s largest auto company by revenue, and until today, every one of its plants around the globe has been unionized except for one.

"This is going to be in history books down the road. This is huge—forever huge,” Robert Soderstrom, a worker at the plant, told More Perfect Union. “People recognize for the first time in a long time, on a mass scale, that there's got to be some changes. And some of the power and stuff that's gone to the corporate world needs to come back to us little guys.” The victory in Tennessee continues a winning streak for the UAW, which negotiated record contracts at the Detroit Three of Ford, GM, and Stellantis last year following a lengthy “stand-up” strike. After passing the contracts, UAW President Shawn Fain announced a $40 million effort to organize non-union U.S. plants, largely based in right-to-work states like Tennessee and owned by auto companies based in Europe, Japan, and South Korea, as well as EV manufacturers like Tesla and Rivian. 

Since launching that new effort, more than 10,000 autoworkers around the country have signed union cards, according to the UAW. Earlier this month, workers at a Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama became the second group to file for an election, which will be held from May 13 to 17. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and the state Chamber of Commerce have forcefully opposed the unionization effort, claiming it would hurt Alabama autoworkers—who, even before the pandemic, were making less than they did in 2002 when adjusted for inflation. The same dynamic has played out in Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee, who denounced the last unsuccessful union campaign in 2019, said it would be a “mistake” for workers at the Chattanooga plant to unionize and boasted about the state’s “right-to-work” law. 

🚨🚨 BREAKING:🚨🚨 Workers at the Volkswagen (VW) plant in Chattanooga have voted yes to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) after 2 failed attempts in 2014 and 2019. #UAW #VWChattanooga #1u

#Unionizaion #Unions #Labor #Labor Unions #Workers' Rights #VW Chattanooga #Chattanooga Tennessee #US News #Chattanooga #UAW #United Auto Workers #Volkswagen #VW #UAW Strike

[chlobody]

Chloe squared [ shot by @ohseephotography ]

#nudemodel #nude art #sculpture garden #chattanooga #tennessee #artistic nude #fineartnude #nature nude #nude outdoors #nude outside #naked outside #nudephotography #nude in nature #nude pose #naked in nature #nude photos #hot nude #nude shoot #art nude #artsysexy #women in art #artsyphotography #artsy nude #artsy girl #artisticcreations #creative inspiration #nature lovers #nature girl #adult model #ohseephotography

[brice-javonte]

#aesthetic #pinkcore #pink aesthetic #pink #cute #fashion #hello kitty #streetwear #alternative aesthetic #alternative #libra #chattanooga #instagram #love #swag #sanrio #anime #atlanta #canada #pink moodboard #soft pink #pastel pink #follow #peace #moodboard #art #california #new york #uk #united kingdom

[aaronjarnigan]

Another 1957 Belair in the best color known to man. Had the privilege of shooting this for a good friend but it has come along way since these photos. An employee of the train museum gave us exclusive access to the yard after having seen the car. We got lucky!

#chevrolet #chevy #belair #1957 #57 #classic car #vintage car #American icon #photographers on tumblr #photography #tennessee #car photography #car photoshoot #chattanooga

[surfingkaliyuga]

Art Deco eagle, one of two, carved at the main entrance of Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon and Reuben Harrison Hunt, the construction finished in 1933.

#photography #relief #sculpture #art #art deco #eagle #chattanooga #tennessee #usa #richmond harold shreve #william lamb #arthur loomis harmon #reuben harrison hunt

[tinyhousetown]

Chattanooga Tiny House (150 q Ft)

Chattanooga, TN

#tiny house #tiny home #house #home #chattanooga

[thelensofyashunews]

BBYMUTHA SHARES NEW SINGLE "GO!"

The defiant Chattanooga-born, Atlanta-based artist and underground staple, bbymutha has just shared her new single "go!" along with the announcement of an upcoming tour and her new album sleep paralysis—out 4/19 via True Panther Records. Defined by colorful lyricism and genre-bending production, bbymutha stood out among other SoundCould-era artists on her 2017 hit “Rules” (6M+ Streams) and solidified her name a year later with "Lately" feat Rico Nasty as well as the Poppy R&B-infused banger "Sleeping With the Enemy" (9M+ Streams). A viral performance of “Heavy Metal” on COLORS in 2019 followed by the release of bbymutha’s critically acclaimed debut album Muthaland in 2020 lead to subsequent collaborations with Zelooperz, Baby Tate, Na-Kel, Pink Siifu, Kelela, and Fly Anakin on her most recent album Muthaleficent 3 in 2023. Cementing herself as a staple in the Southern underground scene, bbymutha is ushering in a new era of self-discovery and reinvention on her new single "go!" and forthcoming album sleep paralysis this April.

Compiling beats from nine different electronic and club producers including Foisey, Bon Music Vision, and Kilder, bbymutha’s forthcoming album sleep paralysis layers steely and hilarious musings over windswept synths and echoing industrial 808s, bringing both an urgency to bbymutha’s words and a glint of experimentation to her ever-developing sound. The album’s inspiration was derived from a post-lockdown tour in the UK on which she was introduced to the sounds of 90's Garage and UK dance music, a revelating moment following a gauntlet of bad luck and creative rut during the peak of the pandemic. The album’s title, sleep paralysis is a literal reference to the syndrome which bbymutha has been afflicted with since childhood. Providing a way for her to dive back into memories she didn’t even know she had was essential in crafting her forthcoming album sleep paralysis, an album fascinated with the dreamlike nature of trauma, personal history, and fantasy.

#bbymutha #go #BbyMutha #artist #musician #chattanooga #chattanooga rapper #chattanooga artist #rapper #music #culture #sound #female #female rapper #female artist #Youtube #Spotify

[20th-century-railroading]

NC&SL train, engine number 537, engine type 4-6-2 Passenger train; 3 cars. Photographed: at Chattanooga, Tenn., August 2, 1936.

#nc&stl #nashville chattanooga & st louis #1936 #trains #passenger train #history #chattanooga #tennessee

[aleprouswitch]

Attended another great Chattanooga Noise Night last night. I'm very thankful that our venue (Stove Works) is highly accessible and that made it easier for me to attend while I still need crutches. Performers are:

Cave Depression

Evangelist

[As] Prone

Guiltvein

#my photos #experimental music #noise #power electronics #Chattanooga #tennessee #Chattanooga Noise Night #cave depression #evangelist #[as] prone #guiltvein

[tthickskull]

Up 2 no good

#bbwwomen #bbwlove #big beautiful girl #big tiddy gf #big tiddy goth girl #chattanooga #big women #i'm back #thickaf #thickwomen #thick babe #thick hips #thick and juicy #thick vibes only #thick as fuck #thick wife #thick legs #big and beautiful

[chlobody]

Volcanic girl [ shot by @ohseephotography ]

#nature nude #nude art #model #naturism #nudemodel #nudephotography #natural titts #nature lovers #nature girl #sexy titts #tit thursday #cool rocks #chattanooga #tennessee #blondie #nude in nature #nude pose #artistic nude #naked in nature #naturist #nature #natural #hot nude #body ch3ck #pale girl #morning light #creek #sexy content #sexy tease #pisces

[aaronjarnigan]

Ferrari F40 Photo 8 of 8.

#ferrari #f40 #ferrari f40 #exotic car #car collector #chattanooga #tennessee #motor car festival #car photoshoot #car photography #photographers on tumblr #photography #sports cars #race car

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Dave Jamieson at HuffPost:

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Roughly 4,000 Volkswagen workers here will decide this week on whether to form a union at their assembly plant. Their votes will shape more than just the future of their jobs — they could mark a turning point for both the United Auto Workers and the auto industry in the South. The election begins Wednesday and runs through Friday. The union previously lost two factorywide elections at the facility, including a stinging 833 to 776 defeat in 2019. Zachary Costello quietly supported that organizing effort. This time he’s made his feelings known to anyone who will listen, throwing himself into the campaign as a member of the organizing committee.

“I don’t want to narrowly lose again. This time, I’m not sitting on the sideline,” said Costello, 34. “To me it feels like the most important thing I’ve ever been a part of, to the point where it doesn’t even feel real.” The UAW already represents Ford and General Motors workers at auto plants in the South, but for decades the union has struggled to organize foreign-owned “transplant” automakers in the region, where union membership tends to be low and politicians are generally hostile to labor groups. As a result, the UAW has lost membership as a share of the industry, forcing the union into a more defensive posture in the places where it represents autoworkers — primarily Midwestern plants run by Ford, GM and Jeep parent company Stellantis. Meanwhile, much of the electric-vehicle boom is expected to take place down South, making the union’s inroads there all the more important.

[...] But organizing the likes of Volkswagen, Mercedes, Toyota and Hyundai would increase the union’s bargaining power across the sector, including in Detroit. Ford, GM and Stellantis like to point to their higher labor costs relative to the foreign automakers and the nonunion, Texas-based Tesla. So the UAW’s power will always be limited as long as the Big Three′s competitors remain nonunion, said Art Wheaton, an expert in labor negotiations at Cornell University. “This is a big deal, since you need to increase market share of the number of plants that are unionized to give you more leverage,” he said. “Really the UAW needs to have more than just the Detroit Three organized if they want to have the same sort of impact to lift wages and benefits.”

This week, a big union election looms in the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as the UAW seeks to unionize the plant. The union lost the last two times, but this time could be different.

#UAW #Tennessee #Unions #United Auto Workers #VW #Chattanooga #Chattanooga Tennessee #VW Chattanooga #Unionization #Workers' Rights

[corgiboobs]

Photos from the Chattanooga Aquarium from back in February 2024.

#Tennessee #Chattanooga #aquarium #fish

[internationalpictures]

Rock City, Chattanooga, Tennessee

#photographers on tumblr #original photographers #rock city #chattanooga #road trip