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Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put ...


UAW President Shawn Fain says Southern governors 'liars' about ...

Fain said workers, not union organizers, have led the effort in Alabama “with very little help from us.”

Auto workers win Tennessee union vote, despite opposition from ...

Auto workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee voted in a landslide to unionize Friday night, bucking the opposition of Republican governors across the South.

Southern governors: Joining UAW would threaten jobs, 'values'

The governors of six Southern states warned workers that joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) union would threaten their job security and the “values we live ...

Why Shawn Fain and the UAW Are Such Big Fans of Andy Beshear

When the UAW president asked his members whom Kamala Harris should pick as her running mate, “the top name was Andy Beshear.”

UAW scores win in the South after Volkswagen workers vote to ...

A majority of Volkswagen workers in Tennessee voted to unionize, becoming the first Southern autoworkers outside of Detroit's Big Three to join the United Auto ...

Will unions sweep the American South? - The Economist

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union hopes that the Volkswagen victory will set off a domino effect across the sunbelt, a region that has long been hostile to ...

Texas, Mississippi, Georgia governors rail union effort at TN VW plant

Six Southern governors, including Kay Ivey of Alabama and Bill Lee of Tennessee, issued a joint statement opposing the high-profile ...

Tennessee's Republican governor says Volkswagen plant workers ...

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee said Monday that he thinks workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga made “a mistake” by voting to unionize.

Tennessee's governor says Volkswagen workers made a mistake in ...

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee said Monday that he thinks workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga made a mistake by voting to unionize.

How Auto Workers Turned the South From Antiunion to Union-Curious

Unions Struggled in the South for Years. The Economy Gave Auto Workers an Opening. Workers at Alabama's Mercedes plant are set to vote on ...

Six Southern Governors Warn Against UAW's Unionization Campaign

US Governors of six Southern states have warned against United Auto Workers or UAW's unionization campaign for workers of major automakers.

UAW's Southern strategy: Union revs up drive to get workers ...

Despite intermittent efforts over the past three decades, the UAW union has been unable to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in ...

The UAW wants to recruit Southern auto workers. Here's why that ...

Amid a new push in a region that's historically unwelcoming to unionization, author Stephen Silvia details what the UAW could learn from its ...

Employees at Alabama Mercedes plants vote 56 percent against ...

Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against joining the United Auto Workers, ...

Success in Tennessee fuels Alabama auto workers ahead of union ...

Thousands of workers at a big Mercedes-Benz factory near Tuscaloosa will vote next month on whether they want to be represented by the ...

As a key labor union pushes into the South, red states push back

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed a new law that would claw back state incentives from companies that voluntarily recognize labor unions.

Alabama Mercedes Workers Lose First Union Election, Vow to Fight ...

A no-holds-barred campaign by Mercedes management convinced a majority of workers at its Alabama factory complex to vote against forming a union.

The UAW's union dreams seemed unstoppable. Then came the ...

After a historic victory in Tennessee, the United Auto Workers southern campaign is still recovering from a big rejection in Alabama.

with two Mercedes plants in Alabama the next face-off

Two of those drives aimed to organize the entire Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. But the third time the UAW tried to organize the ...

U.S. labor secretary visits Atlanta, says recent UAW win shows ...

Workers at auto plants in the South should be free to unionize without pressure from employers or anti-union governors, acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su said ...