Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports Workers employed at an AutoZone in White Plains are seeking to become the first store at the U.S.’s largest Auto Parts Retailer to win a Union Election, which is set to begin on Friday (September 25th) despite a heavy-handed Union opposition campaign from the company. LaborLab, a Non-Profit Workers’-Rights Watchdog, estimates AutoZone has spent around $200,000 to oppose the Unionization effort at the White Plains store where 11 Workers are eligible to vote to join United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 259. The estimate is based on external attorney costs and internal costs of executive salaries based on reports from workers at the store. The company has more than 6,800 Retail Stores in the U.S. and reported a net income of $2.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2025. The Teamsters previously attempted to Unionize an AutoZone Distribution Center in the early 1990s. They lost the election, though the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) subsequently ordered a re-run election due to AutoZone’s conduct during the election, which included prohibiting Union discussions at work, threatening Workers with loss of their jobs and withholding scheduled pay increases.

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