Blow to UAW as Mercedes workers in Alabama vote against unionization

Workers in Tuscaloosa vote against bid to unionize, as UAW president Shawn Fain hails impact of campaign despite defeat

The United Auto Workers has failed in its effort to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union's plans to build its membership in the southern states.

The loss on Friday comes amid the UAW's ambitious union-organizing campaign to organize 150,000 non-union auto workers around the US.