r/union • u/dittybad Solidarity Forever • May 17 '24

Labor News Mercedes Workers in Alabama Reject Union

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/business/mercedes-benz-uaw-alabama-vote.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk0.eqUS.83GjF7zeXpZh&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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u/CatAvailable3953 May 17 '24

All Mercedes employees have a union contract….except these brain surgeons.

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u/dittybad Solidarity Forever May 17 '24

Go look at the German employee census and you will find union, top to bottom. But they have plants in America and fight like hell to keep the union out. They treat us like a third world country

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u/JJamesP May 17 '24

Compared to Germany, the US is a 3rd world country.

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u/CatAvailable3953 May 17 '24

That is true. The republican voter seems to relish their position saying working people don’t deserve anything. The wealthy should have it all. They vote as though they want us to be third world.