The UAW Heads South
The South has long remained a nearly impenetrable citadel for labor. Fresh off the success of its Big Three strike, the United Auto Workers wants to storm the castle.
Nineteen miles east of Tuscaloosa, workers at the Mercedes-Benz US International (MBUSI) plant in Vance, Alabama, make the Mercedes GLE, GLE coupe, and GLS model series as well as the all-electric EQS SUV and EQE. They’ve also started building something else: a union. On the heels of the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) victorious strike against […]