United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the ZF Chassis Systems plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.
DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union is challenging the results of last week's organizing vote of Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama, in which workers voted against union representation, and is asking federal officials to order a new election.
Union organizing failed at the Alabama plant with 56% of the vote, or 2,642 workers, casting ballots against the UAW, according to the NLRB, which oversaw the election.
The NLRB said its regional director will review the UAW's allegations of an unfair election.
If after the hearing, she finds that the employer's conduct affected the election, she can order a new election.
Persons:
Let's, isn't, Shawn Fain
Organizations:
United Auto Workers, UAW, ZF, Systems, DETROIT –, Mercedes, Benz, Union, National Labor Relations, NLRB
Locations:
Tuscaloosa , Alabama, Alabama, Detroit, Atlanta