Hyundai Alabama

The United Auto Workers accused Mercedes of interfering in a union election at two Alabama factories by intimidating and coercing workers into voting no. A week after Mercedes workers voted against joining the union, the labor group filed an objection with the National Labor Relations Board.

The United Auto Workers union announced it reached a last-minute tentative agreement with truck and bus manufacturer Daimler Truck, averting a potential strike of more than 7,000 workers. Tuscaloosa's Mercedes Benz plant is within days of its own vote on unionization.

On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory, Governor Bill Lee and five other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. Republican Kay Ivey of Alabama signed onto that statement.

Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers' effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. This follows moves at Hyundai and Mercedes Benz plants in Alabama toward organizing.

Organizers at the Hyundai auto factory in Montgomery says thirty percent of rank and file workers have signed union cards. That marks the official start of efforts by the UAW to represent Hyundai’s Alabama workforce.

South Korean automaker Hyundai has joined Honda and Toyota in raising factory worker wages after the United Auto Workers union reached new contract agreements with Detroit automakers. The company won’t disclose exactly how much more workers at its Montgomery plant will make.

Shinhwa Auto USA Corporation’s $114 million dollar expansion will create 50 jobs over the next three years and add a 170,000-square foot production building on the company's site in Auburn Technology Park West, officials said. The average salary of workers at the plant will be about $48,000, the Alabama Department of Commerce said.

A company that makes charging stations for electric vehicles is announcing plans for its first U.S. facility.

A plan to expand electric and conventional car parts, for Montgomery's Hyundai auto factory, could mean new jobs.

Hyundai Motor Company's labor union says steep auto tariffs could cost U.S. jobs, including here in Alabama.The labor union at South Korea's largest auto…