UAW Wins at VW Chattanooga, Sets Sights on Mercedes-Benz Alabama
by WardsAuto
WardsAuto— The May vote at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, AL, is the next major test of the UAW’s campaign to organize the 150,000 workers employed by European and Asian carmakers located in the Deep South.
AL.com—UAW President Shawn Fain says Southern governors ‘liars’ about unions; predicts Alabama Mercedes win. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain had pointed words for a group of Southern governors - including Alabama's Kay Ivey - following...
MSNBC—Why Republicans feel threatened by UAW's Volkswagen win in Chattanooga. Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers on Friday. The vote was a shocking and historic win that’s bound to further strengthen a rejuvenated organized labor movement. At the same time, it's sending political shockwaves throughout the South and putting Republicans on their back foot. Friday’s vote suggests that workers in Southern red states could be growing more interested in unionizing their workplaces — despite GOP efforts to paint unions as part...
Carscoops—UAW Claim Contract Win At Daimler Truck Plant, Mercedes Is Up Next. Employees at the Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama will vote on joining the UAW next month. The union's new contract with Daimler Truck includes a 25% wage increase over four years. The win will build momentum for the UAW's broad ambitions to unionize more of the U.S. auto sector. The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has secured a new labor contract with Daimler Truck at an assembly plant in Alabama and the result may encourage more workers at the nearby Mercedes factory to also vote in favor of...