Mercedes Benz U.S. International

Tuscaloosa's largest industrial job creator is expanding again and will build a new $16 million logistics facility here which is expected to create 80 well-paying jobs.

The city of Tuscaloosa on Friday celebrated the completion and opening of a new, state-of-the-art fire station that will serve two massive Mercedes-Benz plants.

Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers union, pledged that their fight at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa County is not over after workers there voted against unionizing this week.

This op-ed was submitted for publication by former Alabama governor Jim Folsom, who was in office when Tuscaloosa successfully recruited Mercedes-Benz to build their then-$300 million plant here in 1993.

Federico Kochlowski, currently Vice President of Operations at North America at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, will assume the role effective May 1st, 2024

The roughly 5,000 people who work at the Mercedes Benz U.S. International plant in Tuscaloosa County will vote on whether to join the United Auto Workers union during a weeklong period next month.

The push to unionize at Tuscaloosa's Mercedes Benz U.S. International has spread like wildfire and a supermajority of workers there have petitioned to vote on whether to join the United Auto Workers.

A major development is underway near the Mercedes Benz U.S. International plant to bring a huge gas station, a new meat-and-three restaurant and more to Tuscaloosa County.

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is searching for suspects after many employees at the Mercedes plant in Vance found their vehicles broken into Wednesday.

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man following several vehicle burglaries that took place in December at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance.