Mercedes-Benz U.S. factory workers apply to join the union as early as this week

According to foreign media reports, a union leader revealed on April 2 that workers at Mercedes-Benz’s assembly plant in Alabama are working hard to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), and they plan to submit an application as early as this week., On the morning of April 2, foreign media quoted three sources as saying that employees of Mercedes-Benz’s Vance (Vance)SUV factory in Vance, Alabama planned to submit documents to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to seek to join the UAW through a formal election. The specific voting date has not yet been determined., A union spokesman declined to disclose the timing of the vote for Mercedes-Benz workers, but the UAW said in late February this year that most of the plant’s approximately 6,000 workers had signed registration cards to apply to join the union., Tim Smith, the UAW union’s District 8 director, said he spoke to Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama two weeks ago, along with UAW President Shawn Fain, as they prepared to petition for this week’s union election. “We’re proud of them and they’re going to win, too,” Smith told a rally in North Carolina on April 2. “, “Mercedes-Benz is fighting back, and the politicians have begun to step in,” Fain said at the rally in North Carolina.” He added that workers “have had enough of being squeezed”. Mercedes-Benz did not immediately respond to Smith and Fain’s remarks., On the morning of April 2, a Mercedes-Benz spokesperson said that the company “has a good track record of providing competitive salaries and many additional benefits to team members” and said that the company prefers to maintain direct communication with employees., Before the Mercedes-Benz workers vote, a similar vote will be held by workers at Volkswagen’s assembly plant in Chattanooga (Chattanooga), Tennessee, on whether the plant’s workers will join the UAW, has been scheduled for April 19., An NLRB spokesman said the agency has received several unfair labor practice allegations filed by the UAW against Mercedes, but has not yet received an election application from the Alabama plant. A Mercedes spokesman said the company did not interfere or retaliate against any team members seeking union representation., return to the first electric network home>,