Benz’s automotive plants east of Tuscaloosa as roughly 5,200 workers will determine if they’ll be represented by the United Auto Workers union. If the majority of workers vote yes, the Mercedes plants in Vance,

The outcome of a vote on Friday by workers at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama will be a key referendum on whether the United Auto Workers can maintain momentum in the historically anti-union South.

Former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban said a pro-union advertisement that features his past comments was done without his permission.

Former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban says a pro-union group used his comments about player unionization without his permission and took them out of context.

Saban, a co-owner in seven Mercedes-Benz dealerships, said his comments about college football unionization were used out of context in a pro-UAW ad.