Despite backing from the Biden administration and favorable media publicity, the UAW unionization campaign was turned back by the first serious management resistance it encountered.
After losing previous votes in 2014 and 2019, the UAW has embraced the support of the Biden administration, which is seeking to mobilize US unions behind the war drive.
Stellantis workers discussed current conditions, the UAW betrayal and the fight by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees to unite workers across borders against job cuts.
If approved by the NLRB, this would be the first unionization vote at a nonunion auto factory since the UAW launched its widely publicized organizing campaign last fall.