DETROIT - Less than two weeks after ratifying new contracts with Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union announced plans Nov. 29 to try to simultaneously organize workers at more than a dozen non-union auto factories.
The UAW says the drive will cover nearly 150,000 workers at factories largely in the South, where the union has had little success in recruiting new members.
Union membership is coming mostly from Midwest workers in states like Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, where there’s a history of unionization. UAW's president has set his sights on 13 automakers, including Toyota, Honda and Nissan, whose assembly plants mostly reside in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia and Kentucky. (The AP/WILX) UAW launches effort to expand membership to non-union factories (msn.com)
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