The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has expressed concerns that government benefits given to major automakers for producing electric vehicles stay on the companies’ boards and do not reach workers’ wages.
In a video posted on July 5, UAW President Shawn Fain said “the Big Three automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis—are taking billions of dollars in government subsidies to go electric, but those benefits aren’t trickling down to UAW members.”
The union cited the 2019 closure of a General Motors (GM) plant in Lordstown, Ohio, where the union workers were on track to make as much as $30 per hour.
After the closure, a new electric vehicle (EV) battery plant opened—a joint venture of GM and LG Electronics Inc.—in 2022….