Though Daimler senior management has said repeatedly that the decision to organize the MBUSI plant in Tuscaloosa, Ala. was up to the workers on the floor, Daimler works council boss Michael Brecht is heading there in a few weeks to explore the possibility with the United Auto Workers.
Reuters reports both the UAW and German union IG Metall are pushing for the plant to be organized, while Brecht himself "is convinced that the employees in the company need to have their interests represented by having their voice heard," according to a spokeswoman on the matter.
As early as June of this year, the UAW has proclaimed work on a plan for MBUSI as part of an overall strategy to organize the transplants in the Southeastern United States and boost their rolls. The union recently established a local at another plant — the Volkswagen facility in Chattanooga, Tenn. — having gained enough members to "force" Volkswagen AG into recognizing the local as the exclusive bargaining agent for that facility.
Finally, though UAW president Gary Casteel wouldn't say what he and Brecht would discuss regarding MBUSI, he said that he and Brecht had "a strong, close relationship," and that the union considered him "a close ally."
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