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      UAW workers and their kids picket outside Ford's assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan.

      UAW Strike Put Us on Better Road to Energy Transition

      We now know that job growth and electric vehicles can go hand in hand.

      Luke Tonachel
      Nov 23, 2023

      When the United Auto Workers (UAW) started its strike against Ford, GM, and Stellantis earlier this year, a grim storyline took shape in the press: This strike pitted President Biden’s push for a transition to electric vehicles (EVs) against his support for workers.

      Writing about the strike and the transition to zero-emitting vehicles, the New York Times put it this way: “The political challenge posed by the industry’s transition to electric cars may be only beginning.” Politico was one of any number of publications issuing a simple warning: “UAW Strike Could Disrupt EV Rollout.” Two so-called facts were seemingly inarguable: Electric vehicles require far fewer workers to build, and none of the new battery plants could be unionized.

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      UAW president Shawn Fain marches

      Big Three Autoworkers Approve Contracts After UAW Strike

      "It's a good contract, you just can't get around that," said one UAW local president. "You look at the investment we got in 2019 compared to now, it's not rocket science. It's just better."

      Jessica Corbett
      Nov 17, 2023

      As voting wrapped up on Friday, United Auto Workers members at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis were all on track to approve contracts finalized during a six-week UAW strike demanding improved pay, benefits, and working conditions from the "Big Three."

      The union's online trackers had the ratification vote results as 68.2% to 31.8% at Ford, 54.7% to 45.3% at GM, and 69.6% to 30.4% at Stellantis as of press time. The UAW and companies have not yet commented on the results.

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      UAW Fails to Win Back Pension Plans for Newer Workers

      UAW Fails to Win Back Pension Plans for Newer Workers

      Amid other impressive gains, this one got away. But organized labor must keep up the fight for defined pension benefits.

      James W. Russell
      Nov 16, 2023

      The UAW strike against Big Auto succeeded in winning impressive wage gains, but it failed to obtain a little-reported demand: that the auto companies reinstate defined benefit pension plans for new employees that had been suspended as a concession during the 2008 Great Recession.

      Instead, as a consolation prize the auto companies offered and the unions took larger company payments to employee 401(k) plans.

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