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Alabama Mercedes workers to vote on union representation
The Hill ^ | 04/18/2024 | FILIP TIMOTIJA

Posted on 04/18/2024 1:11:34 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Thousands of Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers will vote in May to determine if they want United Auto Workers (UAW) union representation.

The election is set for May 13-17 and will be held in person in Vance, Ala. The National Labor Relations Board, which will administer the vote, will count the ballots on May 17.

The vote comes as around 4,300 workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., are voting this week on union representation, the results of which are expected Friday.

The development is part of UAW’s push to unionize workers at auto manufacturing factories in Southern states.

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KEYWORDS: alabama; automotive; mercedes; union; vote
Shut the plant down ASAP
1 posted on 04/18/2024 1:11:34 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I thought she died.

2 posted on 04/18/2024 1:13:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is why auto makers set up manufacturing plants in the South and in Mexico. No Unions.


3 posted on 04/18/2024 1:13:09 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Double whammy, unionized workers building E cars might as well start looking for their next job.


4 posted on 04/18/2024 1:17:25 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

BOEING!...........................


5 posted on 04/18/2024 1:19:29 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Responsibility2nd

But there are plenty of (a type of) people in the south that want to be protected from firing because they dont work like the company expects them to work. They be tik toking, gossiping, having social hour, or scrolling facebag. (grammar intentional). Amazon is still fighting with UCFW about the Bessemer distribution point.

To be fair, some of these companies do have unreal expectations, and its why I tell recruiters I’m not interested and they can stuff their point system attendance and marathon work weeks (months).


6 posted on 04/18/2024 1:43:24 PM PDT by BudgieRamone (Everybody loves a bonk on the head)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

idiots

dont they realize the only reason they built the plant there was because there were no unions?

good way to drive them away. Complete morons.


7 posted on 04/18/2024 1:52:29 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Back when Kalifornia was California and Reagan Country, there were 10-15 auto plants in California. One by one, they saw the writing on the wall. Now, only Tesla builds vehicles in Kalifornia. During the Plandemic, Tesla suggested that they would have to move if they were not allowed to continue production.


8 posted on 04/18/2024 4:10:06 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And, if the votes fail to gather the number required, the UAW will claim intimidation. Same as ever.


9 posted on 04/18/2024 4:11:38 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They have this vote every four or five years and it always gets voted down. What makes the UAW think it will pass this time?


10 posted on 04/18/2024 5:49:30 PM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Mexico does have an auto workers union - but its demands are still minimal (nearly invisible, compared with UAW).


11 posted on 04/18/2024 6:31:18 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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