"UAW Reports Majority of Alabama Mercedes Plant Workers Join Union in Record Time"
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The United Auto Workers (UAW) has announced that over half of the employees at Mercedes-Benz's Vance plant in Alabama have signed union cards, marking a significant development in a right-to-work state. This comes just two months into the union's organizing efforts in Southern auto factories, with similar drives at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant and Hyundai's Montgomery plant. The UAW's push has garnered support from thousands of non-union autoworkers across 14 auto companies, while facing opposition from state lawmakers and business figures who view it as a threat to Alabama's economic model.
- More than half of Alabama Mercedes-Benz plant workers joined union in 2 months, UAW says AL.com
- Majority Of Workers At Alabama Mercedes Plant Signed Union Cards, UAW Says HuffPost
- Majority of Alabama Mercedes workers join UAW as Southeast’s union battle heats up The Hill
- Mercedes Alabama Executive Held Mandatory Anti-Union Meeting, UAW Says Bloomberg
- UAW says majority of workers at Mercedes Benz US plant seek to join union Reuters
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