Inside a small strip mall in Coaling, Ala., the UAW is quietly at work in its fight to organize the Mercedes-Benz facility in nearby Vance, using similar tactics as those employed in the ongoing battle for the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Detroit Free Press reports the union has been in its latest push for MBUSI for the last two years, building enough support to establish a local, with the end game of organization in mind. The tactic is already in play in Chattanooga, where a local was put in place after the UAW lost a close election in February of this year, whose results were briefly contested before the National Labor Relations Board before the union withdrew the complaint.
However, while Volkswagen outright desires to have a works council in its sole U.S. facility, Mercedes and parent company Daimler AG aren't too interested in buying what the UAW is selling. As recent as July 2014, the NLRB ruled against the automaker on accusations that it was prohibiting distribution of union materials in team center areas and the plant's atrium during off-work hours. On the other hand, the ruling also verified that as far as organization is concerned, the two entities remain neutral.
Meanwhile, stronger resistance is building in the state capital of Tuscaloosa, as interest groups prepare to fight back against the UAW's Southern Strategy, which also includes the Nissan plants in Canton, Miss. and Smyrna, Tenn.
Further up the chain, Governor Robert Bentley proclaimed earlier this month that he doesn't see a reason for workers in any company to sign on with the union, "as long as a company does what they should do with their workers" by treating them well.
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