A UAW Supporter At Mercedes Benz Shares 'What Went Wrong'
“If a campaign hopes to be successful, the workers have to lead the way." — UAW supporter Jeremy Kimbrell
By Peter List, Editor | May 21, 2024
For LaborUnionNews.com readers following the United Auto Workers (UAW) loss at Mercedes-Benz last week, Labor Notes has published an inside perspective from Jeremy Kimbrell, a UAW supporter who works at Mercedes in Alabama.
“I’m still hot as hell three days after losing a union election at the Mercedes factory complex in Alabama,” Kimbrell writes. “After years of laying a foundation and six months of 100 percent dedication and putting everything on hold, it’s a tough pill to swallow—losing by 597 votes out of 5,000. That’s especially hard when a large majority of workers had committed to vote yes, but some flipped in the closing weeks.”
It is worth your time to read the entire article as Kimbrell details what went wrong.
Read the article at Labor Notes here.