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The United Auto Workers' overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country. There may be a tougher fight leading up to a vote in Alabama.
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Following on the heels of Governor Kay Ivey’s warning to Alabama autoworkers not to unionize, State lawmakers advanced legislation on economic incentive dollars for companies that voluntarily recognize a union without holding a secret ballot election.
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On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory, Governor Bill Lee and five other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. Republican Kay Ivey of Alabama signed onto that statement.
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The United Autoworkers Union says a supermajority at Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz North American car factory wants to organize. The UAW, in a press release, announced that workers have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a vote to join the union.
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Workers at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote next month on possibly joining the UAW. The union said last month that a majority of workers at the Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa had also signed union cards. The UAW announced its organizing campaign last fall after it won strong contracts with Detroit automakers.
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Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers' effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. This follows moves at Hyundai and Mercedes Benz plants in Alabama toward organizing.
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Organizers at the Hyundai auto factory in Montgomery says thirty percent of rank and file workers have signed union cards. That marks the official start of efforts by the UAW to represent Hyundai’s Alabama workforce.
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A federal appeals court is upholding a ruling that says union supporters can leaflet fellow employees inside a lobby of the Mercedes-Benz factory in…
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A federal judge in Alabama recently ruled to leave a temporary restraining order in place against a Hyundai auto supplier after the company was accused of…
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Workers at a Selma auto parts manufacturer have signed a petition asking the United Auto Workers union to leave them alone.Nearly 80 percent of employees…