After last year’s unsuccessful union elections at Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai, the United Auto Workers, UAW, union is once again attempting to organize auto plant workers in Alabama.

On Thursday, 220 full-time and part-time manufacturing workers at the International Motors/Navistar powertrain manufacturing plant in Huntsville will be holding an election to determine whether the facility will become unionized under UAW.

While International Motors management has been active in discouraging the plant’s workers from voting to unionize, local labor groups are calling on workers to take collective action and approve unionization. On Tuesday, the North Alabama Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO, released an official statement encouraging workers to vote “union yes” in Thursday’s election.

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