US EditionUAW loses unionization vote at Alabama Mercedes factory
- Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama have voted against union representation by the United Auto Workers, as reported by the National Labor Relations Board.
- 56% of the workers voted against the union, based on unofficial totals released by the UAW, and monitored by the NLRB.
- Out of the valid votes, 56% rejected unionization while 44% supported it, with over 5,000 eligible voters at Mercedes-Benz.
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Alabama Mercedes-Benz Workers Reject UAW Unionization Bid In A Blow To Organized Labor's Southern Strategy
In a significant setback for organized labor’s Southern strategy, workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories in Alabama have voted against unionization, dealing a blow to the United Automobile Workers (UAW) campaign to expand its influence in the region. What Happened: On Friday, workers at the Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, rejected the UAW’s bid to represent them, reported The New York Times. The vote was seen as a crucial test …
At VW, the US union was able to prevail recently, but employees at Mercedes in Alabama refused representation. There had been complaints about this.
In the USA, employees of car manufacturer Mercedes in the state of Alabama have voted against representation by a trade union.
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against union in major blow to UAW
U.S. workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama handed a stinging loss to the United Auto Workers on Friday, rejecting the union in a vote it had expected would build on a win at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant and push it deeper into the U.S. South.It marked the first big loss for UAW organizers after a series of victories, including double-digit raises for Detroit workers and the union's expansion to a VW factory in Chattanooga last month. That …
Alabama Mercedes employees vote against joining union, slowing UAW effort in South
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, voted against joining the United Auto Workers on Friday, a setback in the union’s drive to organize plants in the historically nonunion South.
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