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Mercedes -Benz workers in Alabama rejected union representation by the United Auto Workers on Friday, a setback for the labor union as it tries to expand to non-union factories in the South afterThe National Labor Relations Board said 2,642 of the Mercedes -Benz plant workers voted against union representation, while 2,045 voted for it.
Some 51 ballots were challenged and not counted, according to the NLRB, which also noted five void ballots among the 5,075 eligible voters. A vote for union representation would have made Mercedes the second foreign-owned automaker in the South whose staff joined the UAW, behind employees at Volkswagen, whose vote to unionize wasThis is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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