Workers in New York seek to create first AutoZone union as company resists

Company may have spent about $200,000 to fight union effort in White Plains, where 11 people can vote to join UAW Workers at an AutoZone in White Plains, New York, are seeking to become the first store at the US’s largest auto parts retailer to win a union election, set to begin 25 September, despite a heavy-handed union opposition campaign from the company.

LaborLab, a non-profit workers’-rights watchdog, estimates AutoZone has spent around $200,000 to oppose the unionization effort at the White Plains store, where 11…