UAW seeks to bring unions to the South

@Marketplace— The United Auto Workers are getting pushback from Southern Republicans, but gains in Detroit are driving interest in Alabama and elsewhere.

Vox—UAW, Mercedes-Benz, and unions’ fight for the South. It’s been another big week for the UAW. Over 5,000 auto workers at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Vance, Alabama, have been holding their union election vote with the United Auto Workers (UAW); ballots will be counted when voting closes today. It’s the UAW’s second election in their campaign to organize non-union auto workers, with a particular focus on the South — a notoriously difficult region for union drives. They won their first election with Volkswagen workers last month in Tennessee...

NPR—Mercedes workers in Alabama reject the UAW in latest union vote in the South. More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW. Workers faced intense anti-union messaging from Mercedes in the run-up.

ABC News—Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW, a blow to union's expansion in the South. Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW, a blow to the union's expansion in the South.