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Purveyor

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Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:08 PM Sep 2015

Workers At Alabama Auto Supplier Vote To Join UAW Union

Source: AL.com

Employees at a northeastern Alabama auto parts manufacturer have voted in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union.

The 89-45 vote was at Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. in Piedmont.

A press release posted on the UAW's website cited low pay -- ranging from $9.70 to $15.80 per hour for production workers -- high health care costs and the plant's increasing use of temporary workers as some of the reasons behind the successful union vote.

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The UAW has struggled to gain a foothold in the South's growing auto industry, which remains largely non-union.


Read more: http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2015/09/workers_at_alabama_auto_suppli.html

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Workers At Alabama Auto Supplier Vote To Join UAW Union (Original Post) Purveyor Sep 2015 OP
I hope people get smart. Ask themselves why are so many rich people AGAINST unions? randys1 Sep 2015 #1
they may be - a union in alabama - whodathunkit saturnsring Sep 2015 #2
The Solid South of right to work for less has a crack in it Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #3
Repubs not liking this one. Kingofalldems Sep 2015 #4
Great for them!!! wolfie001 Sep 2015 #5
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