Blow to UAW as Mercedes workers in Alabama
vote against unionization
Posted By: Dreadnought, 5/17/2024 5:31:14 PM
The United Auto Workers has failed in its bid to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s plans to build its membership in the southern states. The loss on Friday comes amid the UAW’s ambitious union-organizing campaign to organize 150,000 non-union auto workers around the US. In April the UAW won a landslide victory at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where 73% of workers voted to unionize. The final vote was 2,642 against union representation and 2,045 for. Fifty-six percent of workers voted no.
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The United Auto Workers has failed in its bid to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s plans to build its membership in the southern states.
The loss on Friday comes amid the UAW’s ambitious union-organizing campaign to organize 150,000 non-union auto workers around the US.
In April the UAW won a landslide victory at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where 73% of workers voted to unionize.
The final vote was 2,642 against union representation and 2,045 for. Fifty-six percent of workers voted no.
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(Snip) Lang shared on X:
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