{"id":2336713,"date":"2024-09-04T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-expands-into-second-ev-battery-plant-with-vote-in-tennessee-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T19:20:16","slug":"uaw-expands-into-second-ev-battery-plant-with-vote-in-tennessee-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-expands-into-second-ev-battery-plant-with-vote-in-tennessee-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"UAW expands into second EV battery plant with vote in Tennessee &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuaw-expands-into-second-ev-battery-plant-with-vote-in-tennessee-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2336713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Workers at the Ultium \u200dCells battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-bans-biological-males-from-female-sports-overriding-republican-governors-veto\/\" title=\"Indiana Bans Biological Males From Female Sports, Overriding Republican Governor\u2019s Veto\">successfully voted<\/a> to join\u2063 the United Auto \u2063Workers (UAW), marking a significant step\u200c in the union&#8217;s efforts to expand in \u200cthe Southern United \u2062States. This plant is pivotal as it manufactures the Ultium batteries that \u2064power General Motors&#8217; electric \u2064vehicles, including the Cadillac \u2063LYRIQ and the new electric Acura.<\/p>\n<p>This recent unionization effort is notable as it \u200dis\u200d the second Ultium plant to join the UAW; \u200bthe first was located in Lordstown, Ohio, which also made headlines for\u2062 its union vote in 2022. However, it wasn&#8217;t\u200b until a UAW strike \u2062in 2023 that workers at the Lordstown facility \u200dwere recognized as GM employees, which contributed to this new wave of \u2062unionization\u200d efforts \u200dat GM&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toyota-will-build-1-3-billion-electric-car-battery-plant-in-north-carolina\/\" title=\"Toyota Will Build .3 Billion Electric Car Battery Plant In North Carolina\">battery plants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GM\u200d has\u2063 acknowledged the UAW at the Tennessee \u2063facility, and\u200d UAW President Shawn Fain has \u2063emphasized the need for improved compensation for workers involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">electric vehicle manufacturing<\/a>, critiquing the industry&#8217;s\u200b treatment of its workforce.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UAW expands into second EV battery plant with vote in Tennessee<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1741725\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Auto Workers<\/a> union is breaking further ground in the South after workers at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tennessee<\/a> electric vehicle battery plant voted to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/labor-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>labor union<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Spring Hill plant produces the Ultium battery found in GM&rsquo;s SUVs and the new electric Acura. It is the second plant in the nation to manufacture the batteries, and it is the second Ultium plant to join a union.<\/p>\n<p>General Motors, which is overseeing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-massive-explosion-at-texas-exxonmobil-refinery-injures-several\/\" title=\"Video: Massive \u2018Explosion\u2019 At Texas ExxonMobil Refinery Injures Several\">plant operations<\/a>, said it recognized the union.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first Ultium plant voted to unionize in Lordstown, Ohio, in 2022, but it wasn&rsquo;t until a UAW labor strike in 2023 that the Ultium workers were granted the right to be treated as GM employees, which paved the way for greater unionization of the company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UAW President Shawn Fain has been critical of EV manufacturing jobs, accusing companies of failing to compensate workers adequately.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Big Three automakers, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, are taking billions of dollars in government subsidies to go electric,&rdquo; Fain <a href=\"https:\/\/uaw.org\/watch-new-video-defining-moment-calls-big-three-race-bottom-ev-transition\/?email=467cb6399cb7df64551775e431052b43a775c749&amp;emaila=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042&amp;emailb=054528e7403871c79f668e49dd3c44b1ec00c7f611bf9388f76bb2324d6ca5f3&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=06.12.24%20Sustainability%20CMS%20BH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said last year<\/a>. &ldquo;But those benefits aren&rsquo;t trickling down to UAW members.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the Lordstown union vote, workers at the Ultium plant told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/4861312-uaw-unionization-battery-plant-tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hill<\/a><\/em>  they worked with corrosive chemicals for half the pay they earned when building internal combustion engines.<\/p>\n<p>The UAW has since invested $40 million in efforts to unionize factories in the Southeast, which has become the hub for Tesla and Toyota for manufacturing EVs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1741725\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1741725\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAW Expands to Second EV Battery Plant with Tennessee Vote<\/p>\n<p>The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is making strides in the South as employees at a Tennessee electric vehicle battery facility have voted to join the union. The Spring Hill plant manufactures the Ultium battery used in General Motors&#8217; SUVs and the new electric Acura. This facility is not only the second in the country to produce these batteries but also becomes the second Ultium plant to unionize. General Motors, which manages operations at this plant, has acknowledged the union&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n<p>The first Ultium plant, located in Lordstown, Ohio, voted for union representation in 2022; however, it wasn&#8217;t until a UAW strike in 2023 that workers were recognized as GM employees, facilitating further unionization within the company. UAW President Shawn Fain has expressed concerns regarding compensation for EV manufacturing jobs, criticizing companies for not adequately rewarding their workers. &#8220;The Big Three automakers\u2014Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis\u2014are receiving billions in government subsidies to transition to electric vehicles,&#8221; Fain stated last year. &#8220;Yet those benefits are not reaching UAW members.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before voting for a union at Lordstown, workers at the Ultium plant reported handling hazardous chemicals while earning half of what they made when producing internal combustion engines. Since then, UAW has invested $40 million into efforts aimed at organizing factories across Southeast America\u2014a region that has become a key area for Tesla and Toyota&#8217;s EV production<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2336714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Shawn-Fain_DNC_o1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39589,39871,6651,25982],"class_list":["post-2336713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ev-battery-plant","tag-labor-union","tag-tennessee","tag-uaw"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Shawn-Fain_DNC_o1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}