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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Blow to UAW as Mercedes workers in Alabama vote against unionization

Mercedes logo and blue sky at plant
One of the Mercedes plants in Alabama. Photograph: Nora Eckert/Reuters

The United Auto Workers has failed in its effort to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s plans to build its membership in the southern states.

The loss on Friday comes amid the UAW’s ambitious union-organizing campaign to organize 150,000 non-union auto workers around the US.

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