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We’re Tracking UAW Organizing Efforts

We’re Tracking UAW Organizing Efforts

The United Auto Workers have launched the largest organizing drive in modern American history – attempting to unionize 150,000 workers at all 13 non-union automakers in the U.S.

We’re tracking where autoworkers are organizing and reporting on efforts to unionize every car factory in America.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans
Charleston, SC
Volvo Charleston Plant
Charleston, SC
Lucid AMP-1
Casa Grande, AZ
Rivian
Normal, IL
Tesla Texas Gigafactory
Austin, TX
Tesla New York Gigafactory
Buffalo, NY
Tesla Nevada Gigafactory
Sparks, NV
Tesla Lathrop Factory
Lathrop, CA
Tesla Fremont Factory
Fremont, CA
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing
Huntsville, AL
Subaru of Indiana Automotive
Lafayette, IN
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Montgomery, AL
Nissan Decherd Vehicle Assembly Plant
Decherd, TN
Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant
Smyrna, TN
Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant
Canton, MS
Honda Georgia Transmission Plant
Tallapoosa, GA
Honda Indiana Auto Plant
Greensburg, IN
Honda Alabama Auto Plant
Lincoln, AL
Honda Anna Engine Plant
Anna, OH
Honda Ohio Transmission Plant
Russells Point, OH
Honda Performance Manufacturing Center
Marysville, OH
Honda East Liberty Auto Plant
East Liberty, OH
Honda Marysville Auto Plant
Marysville, OH
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi
Blue Springs, MS
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas
San Antonio, TX
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tennessee
Jackson, TN
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Huntsville, AL
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia
Buffalo, WV
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana
Princeton, IN
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri
Troy, MO
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
Georgetown, KY
BMW Spartanburg
Greer, SC
Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa
Vance, AL
Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant
Chattanooga, TN
Legend
No Data
30%
50%+
Filed for election
Rejected
Unionized

Locations

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing No data
Huntsville, AL
Mazda
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama No data
Huntsville, AL
Toyota
Honda Alabama Auto Plant No data
Lincoln, AL
Honda
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama 30%
Montgomery, AL
Hyundai
Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa Filed for election
Vance, AL
Mercedes-Benz
Lucid AMP-1 No data
Casa Grande, AZ
Lucid Motors
Tesla Fremont Factory No data
Fremont, CA
Tesla
Tesla Lathrop Factory No data
Lathrop, CA
Tesla
Honda Georgia Transmission Plant No data
Tallapoosa, GA
Honda
Rivian No data
Normal, IL
Rivian
Honda Indiana Auto Plant No data
Greensburg, IN
Honda
Subaru of Indiana Automotive No data
Lafayette, IN
Subaru
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana No data
Princeton, IN
Toyota
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky No data
Georgetown, KY
Toyota
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri 30%
Troy, MO
Toyota
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi No data
Blue Springs, MS
Toyota
Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant No data
Canton, MS
Nissan
Tesla Nevada Gigafactory No data
Sparks, NV
Tesla
Tesla New York Gigafactory No data
Buffalo, NY
Tesla
Honda Anna Engine Plant No data
Anna, OH
Honda
Honda East Liberty Auto Plant No data
East Liberty, OH
Honda
Honda Performance Manufacturing Center No data
Marysville, OH
Honda
Honda Marysville Auto Plant No data
Marysville, OH
Honda
Honda Ohio Transmission Plant No data
Russells Point, OH
Honda
Mercedes-Benz Vans No data
Charleston, SC
Mercedes-Benz
Volvo Charleston Plant No data
Charleston, SC
Volvo
BMW Spartanburg No data
Greer, SC
BMW
Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant Unionized
Chattanooga, TN
Volkswagen
Nissan Decherd Vehicle Assembly Plant No data
Decherd, TN
Nissan
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tennessee No data
Jackson, TN
Toyota
Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant No data
Smyrna, TN
Nissan
Tesla Texas Gigafactory No data
Austin, TX
Tesla
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas No data
San Antonio, TX
Toyota
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia No data
Buffalo, WV
Toyota
Mercedes-Benz Vans
Mercedes-Benz Vans
Charleston, SC
Mercedes-Benz
Company
Germany
Corporate Headquarters
1,700
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Volvo Charleston Plant
Volvo Charleston Plant
Charleston, SC
Volvo
Company
Sweden
Corporate Headquarters
1,500
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Lucid AMP-1
Lucid AMP-1
Casa Grande, AZ
Lucid Motors
Company
United States / Saudi Arabia
Corporate Headquarters
2,500
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Rivian
Rivian
Normal, IL
Rivian
Company
United States
Corporate Headquarters
8,000
workers
No data
cards signed

The Latest

Tesla Texas Gigafactory
Tesla Texas Gigafactory
Austin, TX
Tesla
Company
United States
Corporate Headquarters
20,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Tesla New York Gigafactory
Tesla New York Gigafactory
Buffalo, NY
Tesla
Company
United States
Corporate Headquarters
1,808
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Tesla Nevada Gigafactory
Tesla Nevada Gigafactory
Sparks, NV
Tesla
Company
United States
Corporate Headquarters
11,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Tesla Lathrop Factory
Tesla Lathrop Factory
Lathrop, CA
Tesla
Company
United States
Corporate Headquarters
1,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Tesla Fremont Factory
Tesla Fremont Factory
Fremont, CA
Tesla
Company
United States
Corporate Headquarters
20,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Mazda Toyota Manufacturing
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing
Huntsville, AL
Mazda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
4,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Subaru of Indiana Automotive
Subaru of Indiana Automotive
Lafayette, IN
Subaru
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
6,500
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Montgomery, AL
Hyundai
Company
Korea
Corporate Headquarters
4,000
workers
30%
cards signed

The Latest

Hyundai workers in Alabama are joining together to form the company’s first U.S. union. They’re some of the lowest-paid autoworkers, making nearly $10/hr less than union workers. Now, more than 1,000 have signed union cards with UAW. That’s over 30% of their plant.

Nissan Decherd Vehicle Assembly Plant
Nissan Decherd Vehicle Assembly Plant
Decherd, TN
Nissan
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
2,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant
Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant
Smyrna, TN
Nissan
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
7,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant
Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant
Canton, MS
Nissan
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
5,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Honda Georgia Transmission Plant
Honda Georgia Transmission Plant
Tallapoosa, GA
Honda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
470
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Honda Indiana Auto Plant
Honda Indiana Auto Plant
Greensburg, IN
Honda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
2,700
workers
No data
cards signed

The Latest

Honda Alabama Auto Plant
Honda Alabama Auto Plant
Lincoln, AL
Honda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
4,500
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Honda Anna Engine Plant
Honda Anna Engine Plant
Anna, OH
Honda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
2,900
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Honda Ohio Transmission Plant
Honda Ohio Transmission Plant
Russells Point, OH
Honda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
1,100
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Honda Performance Manufacturing Center
Honda Performance Manufacturing Center
Marysville, OH
Honda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
100
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Honda East Liberty Auto Plant
Honda East Liberty Auto Plant
East Liberty, OH
Honda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
3,100
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Honda Marysville Auto Plant
Honda Marysville Auto Plant
Marysville, OH
Honda
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
4,700
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi
Blue Springs, MS
Toyota
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
2,400
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas
San Antonio, TX
Toyota
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
3,800
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tennessee
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tennessee
Jackson, TN
Toyota
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
400
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Huntsville, AL
Toyota
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
2,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia
Buffalo, WV
Toyota
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
2,400
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana
Princeton, IN
Toyota
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
7,500
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri
Troy, MO
Toyota
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
1,037
workers
30%
cards signed

No updates available

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
Georgetown, KY
Toyota
Company
Japan
Corporate Headquarters
9,700
workers
No data
cards signed

The Latest

BMW Spartanburg
BMW Spartanburg
Greer, SC
BMW
Company
Germany
Corporate Headquarters
11,000
workers
No data
cards signed

No updates available

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Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa
Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa
Vance, AL
Mercedes-Benz
Company
Germany
Corporate Headquarters
6,100
workers
Filed for election
cards signed

The Latest

Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama have filed to form the company’s first U.S. union. The election will be held May 13-17. A supermajority of the plant’s 5,000 workers have already signed union cards to join UAW.

Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant
Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant
Chattanooga, TN
Volkswagen
Company
Germany
Corporate Headquarters
5,500
workers
Unionized
cards signed

The Latest

Workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Tennessee unionized April 19 in a landslide vote. They’re the first autoworkers in the south to win a union election since 1940.

Background

The United Auto Workers (UAW) has embarked on an unprecedented campaign to organize roughly 150,000 workers at 13 non-union automakers. Included in the campaign are the German Three of Volkswagen, Mercedes, and BMW; the Japanese & Korean Six of Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Subaru, and Mazda; and American electric vehicle manufacturers Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid.

Organizing these plants, many of which are in anti-union states in the South, will be no small task. The UAW suffered high-profile losses in 2014 and 2019 at Volkswagen in Tennessee and in 2017 at Nissan in Mississippi, continuing the long history of organized labor’s struggle to break through in southern states.

But the tide could be shifting. Following major gains for UAW workers at GM, Stellantis, and Ford, non-union autoworkers are demanding more from companies that are raking in record profits.

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Non-Union Auto Factories

We’re tracking every location where autoworkers are forming unions. If we’re missing something, or you have information, email us.

BMW
BMW Spartanburg
Greer, SC
11,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Honda
Honda Georgia Transmission Plant
Tallapoosa, GA
470
workers
No data
cards signed
Honda Indiana Auto Plant
Greensburg, IN
2,700
workers
No data
cards signed
Honda Alabama Auto Plant
Lincoln, AL
4,500
workers
No data
cards signed
Honda Anna Engine Plant
Anna, OH
2,900
workers
No data
cards signed
Honda Ohio Transmission Plant
Russells Point, OH
1,100
workers
No data
cards signed
Honda Performance Manufacturing Center
Marysville, OH
100
workers
No data
cards signed
Honda East Liberty Auto Plant
East Liberty, OH
3,100
workers
No data
cards signed
Honda Marysville Auto Plant
Marysville, OH
4,700
workers
No data
cards signed
Hyundai
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Montgomery, AL
4,000
workers
30%
cards signed
Lucid Motors
Lucid AMP-1
Casa Grande, AZ
2,500
workers
No data
cards signed
Mazda
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing
Huntsville, AL
4,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz Vans
Charleston, SC
1,700
workers
No data
cards signed
Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa
Vance, AL
6,100
workers
Filed for election
cards signed
Nissan
Nissan Decherd Vehicle Assembly Plant
Decherd, TN
2,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant
Smyrna, TN
7,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant
Canton, MS
5,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Rivian
Rivian
Normal, IL
8,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Subaru
Subaru of Indiana Automotive
Lafayette, IN
6,500
workers
No data
cards signed
Tesla
Tesla Texas Gigafactory
Austin, TX
20,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Tesla New York Gigafactory
Buffalo, NY
1,808
workers
No data
cards signed
Tesla Nevada Gigafactory
Sparks, NV
11,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Tesla Lathrop Factory
Lathrop, CA
1,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Tesla Fremont Factory
Fremont, CA
20,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Toyota
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi
Blue Springs, MS
2,400
workers
No data
cards signed
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas
San Antonio, TX
3,800
workers
No data
cards signed
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tennessee
Jackson, TN
400
workers
No data
cards signed
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Huntsville, AL
2,000
workers
No data
cards signed
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia
Buffalo, WV
2,400
workers
No data
cards signed
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana
Princeton, IN
7,500
workers
No data
cards signed
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri
Troy, MO
1,037
workers
30%
cards signed
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
Georgetown, KY
9,700
workers
No data
cards signed
Volkswagen
Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant
Chattanooga, TN
5,500
workers
Unionized
cards signed
Volvo
Volvo Charleston Plant
Charleston, SC
1,500
workers
No data
cards signed