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Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories in Alabama have voted against joining the United Auto Workers, the largest auto workers union in the U.S., a blow to an effort to strengthen the presence of organized labor in the South. The vote was seen as a bellwether for the ability of newly resurgent labor groups to successfully organize in a part of the country known for keeping union activity at bay.
' “The forces opposing workers who want to organize a union are powerful and relentless, especially in the American South,” said Seth Harris, a law and policy professor at Northeastern University who previously served as President Joe Biden’s top labor policy adviser. In a statement following the vote, Ivey praised the outcome. “The workers in Vance have spoken, and they have spoken clearly!' she said. 'Alabama is not Michigan, and we are not the Sweet Home to the UAW.
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