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douglas9

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Wed Feb 28, 2024, 12:19 PM Feb 2024

"WE ARE THE MAJORITY": WORKERS AT MERCEDES-BENZ'S LARGEST US PLANT ANNOUNCE MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR MOVEMENT TO JOIN UAW

VANCE, AL — A majority of workers at Mercedes-Benz’s largest plant in the United States, MBUSI in Vance, Alabama, have signed union cards in support of joining the UAW.

In a video announcement, Mercedes worker Jeremy Kimbrell, surrounded by his Mercedes coworkers, announces that “a majority of our coworkers at Mercedes here in Alabama have signed our union cards and are ready to win our union and a better life with the UAW.”

The full text of the announcement, and the video, are available below and media are encouraged to use the materials.

Kimbrell details several of the driving forces behind the workers’ grassroots campaign to join the UAW, including workers going many years without meaningful raises, a two-tier wage system, and the abuse of temporary workers. Each of these issues also figured prominently in the UAW’s Stand Up Strike at the Big Three, which has spurred an unprecedented amount of organizing activity and interest among America’s non-union autoworkers.


https://uaw.org/we-are-the-majority-workers-at-mercedes-benzs-largest-us-plant-announce-majority-support-for-movement-to-join-uaw/#:~:text=Featured,%20News-,%E2%80%9CWe%20Are%20The%20Majority%E2%80%9D:%20Workers%20at%20Mercedes-Benz

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