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A union at the Tuscaloosa Mercedes factory would be an "attack" on the Alabama model for economic success, the governor said.

Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama join those at Volkswagen in Tennessee in a public UAW campaign after the union's settlements with the Detroit Three.

Listen • 4:28 Representatives from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hold a pro-unionization sign outside Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Even before Amazon built its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., local officials called it a game-changer. The mayor said it was the largest single investment in the 130-year history of the city. Birmingham's working-class suburb is a shadow of the steel and mining hub it used to be. Amazon jobs, paying more than double the state's minimum wage of $7.25, promised a shot in the arm. But less than a year after the facility o...

Miranda Fulmore/WBHM toggle caption Miranda Fulmore/WBHM Representatives from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hold a pro-unionization sign outside Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Miranda Fulmore/WBHM Even before Amazon built its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., local officials called it a game-changer. The mayor said it was the largest single investment in the 130-year history of the city. Birmingham's working-class suburb is a shadow of the steel and mining hub it used to be. Amazon jobs, paying more than double the state's minimum w...