Judge grants Wonderful’s request for temporary halt to UFW unionization effort
After more than a month of deliberation, a Kern County Superior Court judge sided with Wonderful and issued a preliminary injunction temporarily halting the contentious bargaining process between the agricultural giant and the state's largest farmworker union. In his ruling Thursday, Judge Bernard C. Berman said Wonderful's lawsuit against the state's relatively new farmworker organizing […]
7 Things: Gambling and unionization fights go on; Ukraine and Israel wars do, too; and more …
7. It's probably too late to postpone any library bills in the Alabama Legislature, but some libraries rationalFor example, the Orange Beach Public Library implemented a policy that gives parents ultimate control over their children's book choices, requiring permits for four accessibility levels. Mayor Toni Kennon said the new policy is consistent with the city's […]
State Sen. Arthur Orr says his bill intends to ‘prevent coercion’ in Alabama unionization votes
State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said he isn't opposed to workers organizing in Alabama, he just wants to make sure it's done by secret ballot. OOO suggestion Makes an employer's eligibility for economic development incentives conditional on the employer providing employees with voluntary union authorization solely on the basis of signed union authorization cards, and […]
Tennessee governor says Volkswagen unionization would be a big mistake
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has weighed in on the ongoing autoworkers union debate, saying a union for Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga is a bad idea. Just before the vote was defeated — the second time since 2019 that unionization at the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has happened — Lee said it's not in the […]
Alabama Secretary of Commerce Ellen McNair discusses state’s economic vision, threats from unionization effort
Alabama Secretary of Commerce Ellen McNair appeared on Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal last week to discuss her professional background in economics, her efforts in developing strategies and the ongoing efforts by the United Auto Workers (UAW) to unionize the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant outside Tuscaloosa. “My experience, I hate to use that figure, is 40 […]
Governor Kay Ivey addresses UAW unionization effort and vote at Huntsville event
Governor Kay Ivey attended a sold-out State of the State Luncheon hosted by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce on Monday afternoon before a crowd of more than 1,000. In her remarks, Governor Ivey spoke about the auto manufacturing industry and its importance to the state. “When we think about what drives our success as […]
Stadthagen: Secret ballots empower Alabama workers in unionization votes
Alabama House Majority Leader Scott Stassagen said the recent bill would effectively keep the interests of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and other large labor unions out of Alabama because employees would be able to vote by secret ballot without coercion or fear of retaliation. Earlier this month, the UAW suffered a decisive defeat in […]
Workforce freedom jeopardized by unionization efforts
Alabama's right-to-work laws are essential to our economic success. Since the state Legislature passed the law in 1953 and enshrined it into the state constitution in 2016, the law has served as a job creation engine that drives Alabama's economy. Equally important, it has prioritized worker freedom and individual choice by protecting workers from being […]
Mercedes Benz workers announce majority support for unionization
Workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance announced today that a majority of workers have signed union cards, marking serious progress in their movement to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). The announcement comes a month after workers at the factory first declared a unionization campaign. As part of the announcement, video One of the […]
Hyundai workers “stand up” to announce unionization campaign to join UAW
Autoworkers at the Hyundai plant in Montgomery say they 'couldn't wait' as they announce unionization drive to join United Auto Workers (UAW) after 30% of workers signed union cards . The announcement comes just three weeks after Alabama autoworkers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance went public with their campaign to join the UAW. In […]
