Workers at Ultium’s Spring Hill electric vehicle plant, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution of Korea, have unionized. It’s the latest case of the UAW’s Big Three strike bearing fruit.
Could the union victory at an electric bus manufacturing plant in Alabama turn the South into a hub for quality jobs in the green economy?
Major unions should follow the lead of the UAW and invest serious resources to organize in EV and other growing sectors across the South.
Used electric cars are not just cheap—they are cheaper than similar gas cars.
An electric car capable of running for 1 million miles is within reach--if car companies allow it.
The regulation would require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution.
Nearly 10 percent of cars sold in 2023 were EVs.
With its successful strike, UAW broke with decades of concessions, won on pay and workplace democracy, and launched a new national labor leader. There’s much more organizing to be done, but this is an unmitigated victory for the entire working class.
GM’s promise to cover its EV battery factories under the national master agreement gives workers a share of the gains from going electric.
Here’s what launched the militant union leader toward a historic strike.
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