UAW Targets Tesla, 12 Other Carmakers in Organizing Drive (1)

The United Auto Workers union is launching simultaneous, public organizing campaigns at more than a dozen automakers including Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG and Tesla Inc., an audacious effort to capitalize on recent contract victories and reverse labor’s decades-long decline in the sector.

The UAW is aiming to organize nearly 150,000 employees at 13 companies, which would double the number of autoworkers in the union. The targeted automakers include foreign firms such as BMW AG and Nissan Motor Co., as well as electric-vehicle makers like Rivian Automotive Inc. and Lucid Group Inc.

The union unveiled a ...