Voting underway as UAW attempts to unionize Alabama auto plant

VANCE, Alabama: A month after workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee overwhelmingly voted to unionize, the United Auto Workers (UAW) aims for a critical victory at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama.

More than 5,000 workers at the plant and a nearby battery plant are voting this week on whether to join the union.

The states of the Deep South have lured foreign auto manufacturers with signific