The United Auto Workers (UAW) unionization attempts at Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai plants in Alabama have stalled, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal.
In a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) private election that ended in May, 56% of workers voted against joining the union. The final tally showed 2,045 workers voting for joining and 2,642 workers voting against joining UAW. The UAW has said Mercedes-Benz violated labor laws to suppress support for the union and called on the NLRB to order another vote.
According to the Wall Street Journal, a UAW campaign to organize workers at a Hyundai Motor's assembly plant in Montgomery has "hit a brick wall" with only about 40% support for the UAW, Landers "Gator" Cook, one of a dozen Hyundai production workers who voiced support for a union in a UAW video in February, told the Wall Street Journal.
"In my opinion, it's dead. They're not going to get a union," Cook, who has been advocating for a union there since 2016, told the outlet.
According to UAW president Shawn Fain, the UAW isn't done at the Mercedes plant.
"It wasn't like we got annihilated there," Fain told the outlet. "That was a very, very close election."
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