How the Alabama Mercedes union fight is playing out on dueling websites [Video]

The website also provides video testimonials from pro-union Mercedes workers and information about last year’s “Stand Up” strike against the Big Three American automakers.

But the anti-union forces have won one aspect of the Google battle – put “Mercedes UAW Alabama” into the search engine, and the first link visible is to a pro-company page, “The Truth About the UAW,” a sponsored site.

“There are large numbers of employees who do not support the UAW’s effort to unionize at Mercedes.

Many are afraid to speak out but recognize the UAW’s “toxic effects on the workplace,” the site states, with employees in videos criticizing the union push.

In February, the CEO of the Business Council of Alabama, Helena Duncan, also announced a website, Alabama Strong, online advertisements, and a campaign to “provide Alabamians with a full and thorough picture of the economic dangers that unionization presents.”

That site presents anti-union information in large white letters against a black background, warning about union dues, strikes, layoffs and …