The United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three automakers are stuck in a standoff over wages and union representation at future electric vehicle battery...
FILE PHOTO: United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain greets UAW autoworkers to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling HeightsDETROIT - The United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three automakers are stuck in a standoff over wages and union representation at future electric vehicle battery plants, with Tesla and Chinese rivals looming over the bargaining tables.
Without disclosing details, Fain told UAW members on Oct. 6 that GM had agreed to include workers at Ultium LLC joint venture battery factories under the umbrella of its national agreement with the UAW - even though Ultium is a separate company that GM could choose to exclude from the talks. Since then, the union has not announced an agreement on battery plant issues with GM or the other automakers.
GM told investors last year that U.S. subsidies could add $3,500 to $5,500 per vehicle in pre-tax profit for each EV it sold.Automakers have said their labor costs must be competitive with Tesla and other battery manufacturers whose U.S. operations will get the same federal subsidies, but have more flexible work rules and pay less than the $32 an hour top wage earned by UAW workers in Detroit Three factories.
Stellantis has discussed opening jobs at joint venture plants to workers displaced from operations such as the shuttered Jeep assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, people familiar with the situation said.
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