UAW says a majority of workers at an Alabama Mercedes plant have signed cards supporting the union
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UAW says a majority of workers at an Alabama Mercedes plant have signed cards supporting the union

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers said Tuesday that a majority of workers at a Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have signed cards in support of joining the union. Earlier in February, the UAW announced that a majority of workers at Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had signed union cards. Mercedes worker Jeremy Kimbrell said in a statement Tuesday that employees at the plant have gone without what he called meaningful pay raises for several years. With cost-of-living increases, workers will see about 33% in raises for a top assembly wage of $42 per hour, plus annual profit sharing, the union said.

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UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama
7 months, 1 week ago

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

Hindustan Times  

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends Friday at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama The voting at the two Mercedes …

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama
7 months, 1 week ago

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

The Independent  

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After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and win
7 months, 1 week ago

After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and win

Associated Press  

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South. But newly elected President Shawn Fain said the union will return to Mercedes and will press on with efforts to organize about 150,000 workers …

United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina
7 months, 3 weeks ago

United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina

Associated Press  

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Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union
8 months ago

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

Associated Press  

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. If there are none, the election will be certified and VW and the union must “begin bargaining in good faith.” President Joe Biden, who backed …

Mercedes workers at an Alabama plant call for union representation vote
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mercedes workers at an Alabama plant call for union representation vote

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A majority of workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are calling for a vote to join the United Auto Workers union, which is on a drive to sign up non-union plants across the country. Their call for a union election arrives just weeks after workers at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, set a date …

Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South

NPR  

Seeking 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, …

United Auto Workers Sign Up Mercedes Workers For Union Drive
9 months, 3 weeks ago

United Auto Workers Sign Up Mercedes Workers For Union Drive

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING More than half of the employees at Mercedes-Benz’s manufacturing plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have signed union cards and intend to join the United Auto Workers, the union announced Tuesday. Jeremy Kimbrell, a 25-year employee at the plant and lead organizer for the union effort, said in a video posted Monday that workers “are ready to win our …

UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representation
1 year ago

UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representation

Associated Press  

DETROIT — More than 1,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote on representation by the United Auto Workers, the first plant in the nation to reach that milestone in the UAW’s quest to organize more than a dozen nonunion factories. In close votes in 2014 and 2019, workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant twice rejected a …

UAW to launch unionizing drive at 13 carmakers, including Tesla and Toyota
1 year ago

UAW to launch unionizing drive at 13 carmakers, including Tesla and Toyota

LA Times  

The United Auto Workers union announced plans Wednesday to try to simultaneously organize workers at more than a dozen nonunion auto factories. The United Auto Workers union is launching simultaneous, public organizing campaigns at more than a dozen automakers including Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen and Tesla, an audacious effort to capitalize on recent contract victories and reverse labor’s decades-long decline …

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