The United Auto Workers union is contesting a recent vote at Mercedes-Benz’s Alabama plant, citing numerous allegations of anti-union activities by the automaker.

The election for production and maintenance workers at the Mercedes plants near Tuscaloosa comes less than 30 days after Volkswagen workers in in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the UAW.

A week after Mercedes workers voted against joining the union, the labor group filed an objection with the National Labor ...

That’s when voting starts on whether the UAW will represent ... the workers will support the Mercedes-Benz campaign. "I'd be stunned if they don’t win the election," he said.

We urge the UAW to respect the results of this secret ballot election." UAW says Mercedes violated U.S. labor law by intimidating and harrassing workers The UAW is unlikely to move on without a fight.

More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW.

(AP Photo/Kim Chandler) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The United Auto Workers on Friday accused Mercedes of interfering in a union election at two Alabama factories by intimidating and coercing ...