The United Auto Workers faces a key test in the South with upcoming vote at Alabama Mercedes plant
After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said he is “not falling for the lies anymore” and will vote for a union.
The company has repeatedly promised to improve pay and conditions, but Garrard said those promises have not materialized.
“Mercedes claims that we’re a family, one team, one fight. But over the years, I’ve learned one thing: This is not how I treat my family,” Garrard said.
A month after workers at a factory in Tennessee overwhelmingly voted to unionize, the is aiming for a key victory at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama. More than 5,000 workers at the facility in Vance and a nearby battery plant will vote next
