[Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn.]

Major Auto Union Handed Huge Defeat By Alabama Workers

https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/17/uaw-huge-defeat-alabama-workers/

Excerpt:

Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama, voted against unionizing in a major setback for the United Auto Workers (UAW).

Autoworkers at the plant voted just 44% in favor of unionizing under the UAW and 56% against, with more than 4,600 votes cast, according to preliminary results released by the union Friday. The loss by the UAW threatens the union’s plan to expand into many of the currently non-unionized auto plants in the U.S., particularly in the South, that have traditionally resisted unionization.

.....The UAW had hoped to win the election after successfully unionizing a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in April, with some believing the vote could set off a chain reaction in the South......

.....“The workers in Vance have spoken, and they have spoken clearly!” Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a post on X following the vote. “Alabama is not Michigan, and we are not the Sweet Home to the UAW. We urge the UAW to respect the results of this secret ballot election.”

.....In April, the governors of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas issued a joint statement expressing their concern about the unionization campaign, claiming it was being driven by misinformation and scare tactics.

[meyer]

I wonder how the UAW can unionize an entire plant in a “right-to-work” state like, say, Tennessee. I saw that VW just voted for the union in my area. Last time the UAW got hold of VW, they closed their plant a couple of years later.

Closed shop unions are a cancer.