Employees at a Mercedes-Benz Group factory in Alabama are seeking a vote to unionize, bolstering a campaign by the United Auto Workers to broaden its ranks, Bloomberg’s Josh Fidelson reports, citing the union. UAW is filing an election petition Friday with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board after receiving support from a super-majority of the over 5,000 workers in Vance, Alabama. The move comes after the UAW filed a complaint with the German government on April 3 claiming Mercedes used illegal anti-union tactics.
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