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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
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. I hope people get smart. Ask themselves why are so many rich people AGAINST unions?
saturnsring
(1,832 posts)2. they may be - a union in alabama - whodathunkit
Omaha Steve
(99,660 posts)3. The Solid South of right to work for less has a crack in it
FIRST R!!!
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)4. Repubs not liking this one.
wolfie001
(2,252 posts)5. Great for them!!!