pUnited Auto Workers members are backing President Shawn Fain's quest to unionize EV battery factories at Ford and Jeep maker Stellantis, matching a breakthrough concession made by General Motors last week./p
WAYNE, Mich.— On the picket lines at a Ford factory west of Detroit, many striking workers don't think the electric-vehicle revolution is coming for their jobs — at least not in the near future.
With the UAW strike now in its fourth week, EVs and their potential impact on job security have become central to union negotiations with the automakers. Contract talks are likely to determine whether those plants — mostly joint ventures with South Korean battery companies — are union, which may have long-lasting consequences as the auto industry transforms itself.
Stellantis didn't comment directly on GM's move, but Ford said workers will have to choose once they are hired at plants that haven't been built yet. Although Ford said it's willing to work with the union, the company said it's investing billions in battery plants that have to operate"at sustainably competitive levels."
Farley and other auto executives have said that because EVs have fewer moving parts, they will require 30% to 40% fewer workers to assemble than gasoline vehicles. But GM CEO Mary Barra insists there will be enough work to bring everyone along. He doesn't believe the company line that higher-wage union battery plants would make Detroit's EVs too pricey. The pay at nonunion Toyota assembly plants, for instance, is similar to the top wage of UAW workers, he said, although Jedrzejek concedes that many Ford workers have better benefits such as pensions.
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