Catherine Graugard at UAW Region9A News reports Service Technicians employed at Mercedes Benz Manhattan recently rallied with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 259 to put pressure on the dealership’s owner to agree to a first Collective Bargaining Agreement. Workers voted to Unionize in May (2024) and the new Union Members say management has done everything it can to discourage Workers from supporting the Unionization effort. Even before they were endorsed by the New York City CAP Council, all three UAW-endorsed candidates for New York City Mayor - Brad Lander, Jessica Ramos and Zohran Mamdani - showed up to support the Mercedes Workers on the picket line. “We got total pushback in every shape, form and fashion,” Kevin Flowers, a technician at the Mercedes dealership, said of management’s posture prior to the Union Election. “Every day they kept badgering us, every day they kept telling us how bad the Union is.”

For More On This Labor News Report, Go To: Mercedes service technicians call out anti-union firings - The Chief

Photo Courtesy Of UAW Local 259’s Facebook Page.