Voting began early Wednesday morning for workers at
Results are expected Friday night and if workers vote for the union, it will be a historic win for the UAW adding thousands of members to its ranks.
"This is a defining moment for the UAW," said
In a sign that the UAW has a strong chance of success after repeated attempts, a "super majority" of workers at the plant signed on to petition the
Following the momentum of the UAW strike at the Detroit Three automakers that won wage and other gains for UAW members, the union is looking not only to organize
In a statement on the UAW website, the union said the
"We respect our workers' right to a democratic process and to determine who should represent their interests. We fully support an
Five southern Republican governors from Alabama Georgia,
In a letter Tuesday they argued that workers electing to join unions to improve their wages and working conditions "threaten our jobs and the values we live by."
They claimed in their letter that, "every single time a foreign automaker plant has been unionized; not one of those plants remains in operation."
The same foreign automakers doing business in the southern
The governors called unions "special interests" while not referring to the foreign automakers as special interests.
Workers have an opportunity to vote for or against unions under the National Labor Relations Act. Workers have no vote when it comes to foreign auto companies setting up shop in their communities.
According to the UAW a majority of
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"This is by far the best chance for the UAW out of all its drives at
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