Workers At Alabama Auto Supplier Vote To Join UAW Union

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Employees at a northeastern Alabama auto parts manufacturer have voted in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union.

The 89-45 vote was at Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. in Piedmont.

A press release posted on the UAW's website cited low pay -- ranging from $9.70 to $15.80 per hour for production workers -- high health care costs and the plant's increasing use of temporary workers as some of the reasons behind the successful union vote.

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The UAW has struggled to gain a foothold in the South's growing auto industry, which remains largely non-union.


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