Alabama Unions Face Shrinking Future | Birmingham News

Alabama’s union membership hit a new low last year, dropping from 165,000 to 150,000 as the state’s workforce shrank from 2.11 million to 2.09 million — even as unions grew nationwide. The decline reflects shuttered factories like Goodyear’s in Gadsden, an aging population with fewer young workers entering trades, and fierce resistance from businesses and state leaders, as seen in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance where unionization efforts failed after a strong anti-union campaign. But organizers are pushing back by targeting younger workers and building community ties to show unions as workplace partners, not foes. With tech-driven growth like data centers on the rise, the labor movement is racing to ensure Alabama’s future jobs — and the workers who build them — are unionized and secure. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f1ea8e9bcab856cc