SCOOP: Following the landslide union victory at Volkswagen, Mercedes management is shook. Here are the latest union-busting materials it has plastered on the walls of the Alabama factory. The company even distorts the headline of a Reuters story! labornotes.org/2024/04/southe…
Mercedes management is harkening back to Volkswagen closing its first plant in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, in 1988, blaming the UAW for the closure. But the truth is plant closed because Rabbit wasn’t selling and other management mistakes. prospect.org/labor/2024-02-…
The UAW didn’t conduct house visits during the Volkswagen campaign because it wasn’t worth the backlash, plus workers had a strong in-plant presence on factory lines. The same is true at Mercedes. But the Mercedes management continues to lie. labornotes.org/2024/04/tennes…