The union averted a small-scale strike at a Ford factory, but tensions with Stellantis have not eased.
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It’s too reductive to simply smear scabs as sellouts. It’s important to understand why some workers might be motivated to weather scorn, rejection and even violence from their peers.
The loss in Alabama doesn’t mean the UAW is done winning in the South.
Despite making similar efforts for decades, the UAW union had never before managed to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in a Southern state like Tennessee.
Despite intermittent efforts over the past three decades, the UAW union has been unable to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in states such as Alabama and Tennessee.
In close races, support from the United Auto Workers and the rest of organized labor could prove decisive.
Wooing those workers will be expensive and require a lot of creativity, since many of them are employed in ‘right-to-work’ states.
Reuther was both ambitious and pragmatic, scoring many victories for autoworkers.
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