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UAW Settles With Big 3 U.S. Automakers, Hoping to Organize EV Battery Plants

Inside Climate News · By Dan Gearino and Aydali Campa · last updated
GM agreed to pay raises of 25 percent over five years, powered by hefty federal investments in EV manufacturing. The UAW’s president says the union refused “to pick between good jobs and green jobs.”

By Dan Gearino and Aydali Campa

The shift to electric vehicles is looking better today for U.S. auto workers than it did before a strike against the three major Detroit automakers, thanks to agreements that expand the reach of the United Auto Workers to include battery manufacturing plants.

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