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UAW unionizing attempt defeated at Axalta plant in Mount Clemens
April 17, 2026 // An attempt to organize a UAW union for nearly 400 employees at the Axalta Coating Systems plant failed Wednesday in a somewhat close vote. The tally to certify the UAW at the plant was defeated by 51 votes, 184 to 133, excluding 34 or challenged ballots that were not resolved because even a 100% success rate for the union would not have made a difference, according to UAW officials. Voting took place Tuesday and Wednesday. “It didn’t go well for us, we ended up losing it, unfortunately,” a disappointed Region I Assistant Director Ray Pecoraro said Thursday morning. “It was an unfortunate thing. It surprised us as a collective group.”
DuPont settles with Chesterfield workers for $3.6 million in back pay
April 19, 2023 // In 2018, DuPont transitioned that emergency work from company employees, many of whom received overtime for the work, to outside contractors, citing a need to reduce costs. But they did so without bargaining with the union, so Ampthill Rayon Workers Inc., the Richmond chapter of an international union representing DuPont employees, filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board that June.