Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South
NPRSeeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR The United Auto Workers union has stepped up the pace on its march south. "We started signing authorization cards Thanksgiving weekend, and it just stacked up quick," says Jeremy Kimbrell, who's worked for Mercedes for 24 years, starting out in the paint shop in 1999. How wages became an issue For years, Mercedes paid wages that were comparable to those paid to union workers at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, says Stephen Silvia, professor at American University and author of the book The UAW's Southern Gamble. Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR While picking Alabama for an assembly plant may have been a gamble for Mercedes in the 1990s, the Deep South has since become one of the country's leading automobile manufacturing regions.
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