As workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance prepare to vote on joining the United Auto Workers Union (UAW), State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said other car manufacturers in the state may consider moving out if the unionization goes through.
Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance will vote in May on whether to join the United Auto Workers, according to Reuters.
A “supermajority” of Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a vote to join the United Auto Workers, according to a news release from the UAW on Friday.
A majority of workers at Mercedes-Benz’s largest plant in the United States in Vance have signed union cards in support of joining the UAW, the union announced on Tuesday.
According to McNair, workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance should “carefully evaluate the promises being made" by United Auto Workers before they continue down the path of officially unionizing.