From Reuters: Mercedes workers in Alabama to file for union vote this week, UAW leader says
From X (formerly Twitter) UAW President @ShawnFainUAW on the explosion of organizing happening across the union: "What started as a tremor has now become an earthquake. Workers everywhere are standing up to demand their fair share in our economy – and they're willing to strike when necessary to get it.”
By NORA ECKERT
DETROIT, April 2 (Reuters) - Factory workers at Mercedes Benz's (MBGn.DE), opens new tab assembly plant in Alabama are moving forward with efforts to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), and they plan to file a petition as soon as this week, a union leader said on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, Reuters cited three people familiar with the matter saying employees at the SUV plant in Vance, Alabama, plan to file paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking a formal election to join the UAW. The date of an actual vote is not yet certain.
The union's Region 8 Director Tim Smith said he had been with UAW President Shawn Fain in Alabama two weeks ago talking to Mercedes workers who were getting ready to petition this week for an union election.