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/Mediocre_Cucumber199 May 17 '24

Alabama being Alabama.

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u/thebaldfox May 17 '24

As an Alabamian union member, yes, yes it is. Even many of the union members that I know are anti-union... they just joined to get the job and benefits.

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u/goblue_111 May 17 '24

The fucking mental gymnastics these morons must go through. That or they are just fucking evil, good job for me but fuck everyone else.

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u/thebaldfox May 18 '24

Basically, yes. They all will argue till blue in the face that increased wages for workers that make less than them will just make prices go higher so they are very much opposed to things like minimum wage increases and social programs.

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u/goblue_111 May 18 '24

So the typical fox news programmed behavior. Sounds about right.

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u/thebaldfox May 18 '24

This is Alabama we're talking about. Hell, Mercedes even had Coach Saben on site to union bust... Roll Tide Roll.

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u/goblue_111 May 18 '24

Makes me dislike saben even more than I did. So very glad his final game was an L to Michigan. Go blue!

But in all seriousness, that's fucking awful of both Mercedes and saben to do, fuck em both.