From The Guardian: Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama file for union election
Car plant is second such in a southern state to ask the labor board to hold union election to join the United Autoworkers Union
By MICHAEL SAINATO
Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance, Alabama, have voted to hold an election to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), the second car plant in a southern state to pass such a vote in the last month.
A supermajority of more than 5,000 workers at the plant have asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to organize an election. Volkswagen employees in Tennessee made the same decision last month and will vote on whether to join the UAW later this month.
The UAW has long struggled to organize workers in southern car plants. The new wave of votes comes after the UAW won historic concessions from the US’s big three automakers following a strike last year.