Last year UAW won big in Michigan. They won't be closing those plants.
Mississippi Auto Workers saw what they are making and they are organizing now. I thought unions weren't needed in the south? Hell, just the fear of unions is going to force companies to pay a little better. You're welcome idiots.
UAW’s next big Southern test after winning Tennessee union vote is Alabama, where it faces ‘aggressive management resistance’ from Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz workers will vote on union in May
workers who say compensation has stalled at the factory
70% of workers signaled their support for the union.
Now attack Alabama workers
Mercedes-Benz announced that it would build the Vance plant in 1993 and opened it in 1997. The company, drawn by a major economic incentive package and cheaper labor costs in the South, was the first of several car manufacturers and suppliers to locate in Alabama. Hyundai has a plant in Montgomery and Honda has a plant in Lincoln.
So it turns out non union plants in the south suck for workers. Republicans pretended they were happy
However, workers at the Mercedes plant say that pay and benefits have stagnated, and objected to irregular shifts and the use of temporary workers.
And these workers make more than most Alabama uneducated blue collar workers
workers in the state’s automobile industry make an average of $64,682 a year, higher than the median household income of $59,674.
But the report also found that Alabama workers make less than their national counterparts and that real wages in the state industry have fallen 11% between 2002 and 2019.
The election will cap months of organizing in the Vance plant by workers who say pay and benefits have stalled.
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