May 17, 2024
With 70% UAW Sign Up, 25-Year Mercedes UAW Veteran Talks
By Mike Elk
Eleven years ago, I first met Kirk Garner, Vice President of UAW Local 149, the minority union at Mercedes in Vance, Alabama.
After the UAW was narrowly defeated in a union drive in 2014, it formed minority unions at Volkswagen in...
May 7, 2024
Since the late 1990s, UAW Local 149 Vice President Kirk Garner has been involved in efforts to unionize at Mercedes in Vance, Alabama. Now, after the 73% victory at Volkswagen in April, the union says that it is cruising to victory.
“It feels really good. And it's finally coming to fruition. And we're excited,...