Mercedes-Benz workers will vote on union in May • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
Workers at Mercedes-Benz’s plant in Vance will vote on a union between May 13 and May 17. The vote will come after months of organizing in the plant by workers who say compensation has stalled at the factory, widely credited with starting Alabama’s automotive industry in the 1990s. “We are ready to vote yes because […]
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UAW Membership Vote OK’d For Two Mercedes-Benz Plants In Alabama | #elections | #alabama
Non-union workers at Mercedes-Benz plants in Vance (pictured) and Woodtock, Alabama will vote on UAW … [+] membership in May. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images The UAW’s chances of organizing a non-union, foreign-owned U.S. plant just doubled. As workers at a Volkswagen auto plant in […]
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Alabama Mercedes Benz plant workers file for union election, UAW says | #elections | #alabama
By Nora Eckert and David Shepardson DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Workers at a Mercedes Benz factory in Vance, Alabama, filed a petition with U.S. regulators to hold an election to join the United Auto Workers, the union said on Friday. The SUV plant is the second to file an election petition with the National Labor Relations […]
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