Unionization Efforts in the South of the USA

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The chapter delves into the contentious issue of unionization in the South, highlighting efforts by workers at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama to unionize. It explores the history of unions in the region, anti-union tactics by businesses, and recent organizing efforts. The chapter also examines the influence of political and economic factors on the unionization process.

An attempt on Robert Fico’s life comes at a time of deep-running polarisation in his country—much of which is his own doing. A vote today among auto workers in America’s historically union-unfriendly south will indicate whether an organised-labour revolution can take hold (9:26). And the perception of time varies depending on what you are looking at (17:24).

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