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Monday, May 01, 2006

Union hopes to organize workers at Mercedes plant

Union hopes to organize workers at Mercedes plant
Source: Birmingham News
Workers at the $1 billion Mercedes-Benz plant sheltered among the pine trees in this Tuscaloosa County village earn an average of $56,000, not counting overtime. Jeremy Kimbrell, a 28-year-old who works in the plant's paint department, wants something else - a union to offer employees protection in case of a sales downturn and help them get more of a voice in company decisions.
He is backing a drive by the Maryland-based International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers launched last month.

 



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