ARLINGTON, Va. – The Center for Union Facts, a pro-business non profit, ran an advertisement in the New York Times calling out UAW President Shawn Fain for being an “election denier” and refusing to accept the results of a unionization vote at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama.
The UAW lost the election by nearly 600 votes with more than 90% of eligible voters participating. Now, Fain and the UAW are asking the National Labor Relations Board to overrule the will of workers and force a new vote.
The UAW wants the NLRB to void the organizing election on the grounds that the German automaker allegedly fired four pro-union workers and allowed anti-union employees to solicit support on company time while barring union supporters from doing the same, among other discriminatory actions.
“In a secret ballot election earlier this month, workers at the Alabama Mercedes plant voted 56% against UAW representation,” the ad states. “Now, UAW President Shawn Fain wants to toss out the election results, asking the Biden NLRB to overrule the workers’ decision and force them to vote again.
“Fain should stop trying to undermine workplace democracy.”
The full ad is available here.
