{"id":86000,"date":"2024-09-10T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/?p=86000"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:13:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T13:13:07","slug":"ev-batteries-union-workers-downplay-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/10092024\/ev-batteries-union-workers-downplay-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"As the UAW Moves Into Battery Plants, New Research Shows the Shift to EVs Doesn\u2019t Lead to Job Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Politically Charged:<\/a> Fifth in a series about how political polarization threatens the EV future. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LORDSTOWN, Ohio\u2014Not long ago, the shift to electric vehicles looked like it would be bad for workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scenario went like this: Factories that make gasoline engines and transmissions, many of which are represented by unions, would shrink and eventually consolidate or close, while new jobs manufacturing EV batteries would be done at new, non-union plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But events in 2023 helped to rewrite the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Auto Workers, under the leadership of a new president, Shawn Fain, took an aggressive stance in contract negotiations with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. The union went on a partial strike beginning in September and won concessions that included welcoming the union into battery plants the auto companies were building as joint ventures with battery companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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