UAW Hits 30% Support at Toyota Missouri Plant in Key Milestone

Nearly a third of employees at a Toyota plant in Missouri have signed cards in support of a union, the United Auto Workers said Wednesday.

The announcement is a step forward in the union’s effort to organize foreign-owned auto plants, particularly in the South, where organized labor has struggled for decades. The UAW already received union cards from a majority of workers at a Mercedes-Benz Group AG plant in Vance, Alabama, and a Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as well as 30% of Hyundai Motor Co.‘s US plant in Montgomery, Alabama.

Federal labor law requires at ...