uawd electric vehicle organizing committee
Organize with UAWD for a worker-led electric vehicle transition
The Big Three are gearing up to meet federally-set production goals of 50% EVs by 2030, with the transition threatening the jobs of 150,000 UAW members at GM, Ford, and Stellantis and additional members in Independents, Parts and Suppliers.
In response, we need a worker-led strategy to set the terms of the EV transition, instead of letting our employers call the shots. UAWD’s Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee (EVOC) is building an ambitious organizing strategy—join us!
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Our Goals
No tiers
Reject tiers in new EV jobs
Security & Compensation
Ensure job security and just compensation
Shorter Week
Fight for a shorter work week with no cut in pay
Conversion & Reskilling
Bargain over plant conversion and reskilling
Climate Leadership
Make the UAW a climate change leader, fighting for clean energy, public power, and public transit
Solidarity
Build international and domestic supply chain solidarity
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Committee Updates
Detroit Three, UAW in talks with White House to set EV sales goals
The Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers are in discussions with officials in the Biden White House as it aims to broker a voluntary agreement to dramatically increase electric vehicle sales over the next decade. Read the article here.
GM expects to work with the UAW at battery plants – executive
A top executive of General Motors Co (GM.N) on Tuesday expressed strong support for efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize U.S. electric vehicle battery plants it is building with a partner, but stopped short of endorsing unionization without a formal...
New Ford venture to build 2 electric vehicle battery plants cause for UAW concern
Ford is forming a joint venture with one of its battery suppliers that will build two North American factories to make batteries for roughly 600,000 electric vehicles per year by the middle of this decade. The deal with SK Innovation of Korea, announced Thursday, sets...
The UAW wants to unionize EV startup factory workers
The United Auto Workers union is “laying the groundwork” to organize factory workers that will build electric vehicles for startups like Rivian and Lucid Motors, president Rory Gamble told CNBC. Read the article here.
‘Slap in the face’ UAW says of GM’s move to build EVs in Mexico
General Motors has picked a fifth plant to build its 2023 electric vehicles and it is in Mexico, which the UAW calls "a slap in the face." GM has already declared it will make EVs at four locations in the United States and Canada.But on Thursday, GM said it...
GM to build $2.3B battery plant for electric vehicles in Tennessee, creating 1,300 jobs
General Motors and its joint-venture battery partner LG Chem Ltd. will build a second battery cell manufacturing factory in the United States in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The 2.8-million-square-foot facility will create 1,300 new manufacturing jobs, GM said. Those...
