{"id":76542,"date":"2024-09-04T16:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T20:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76542"},"modified":"2024-09-04T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T20:28:14","slug":"2nd-gm-battery-plant-unionizes-this-time-in-the-less-unionized-us-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76542","title":{"rendered":"2nd GM battery plant unionizes, this time in the less-unionized US South"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The GM Ultium battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, has voted to unionize. This is the 2nd GM battery plant to unionize \u2013 but this one is different because it\u2019s in Tennessee, where unions are less popular.<\/p>\n

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Unions have been seeing a lot of strength in the US lately, with pro-union sentiment at historic highs<\/a> in the US.<\/p>\n

The UAW has been both contributing to and riding this wave of union support in pushing for unionization across the US auto industry<\/a>, particularly in the realm of electric vehicles and battery plants.<\/p>\n

Its first big win was when GM\u2019s first Ultium plant voted overwhelmingly to join UAW<\/a> in 2022. Then, during UAW strike<\/a> negotiations in 2023, Ultium workers won their right to be placed under the union master agreement<\/a>, meaning better pay and protections for battery workers.<\/p>\n

UAW\u2019s strike success led to pay raises across the industry, even for nonunion workers<\/a>, showing how union wins can buoy pay across larger populations.<\/p>\n

This string of wins seems to have earned the attention of the GM Ultium battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, as a majority of the 1,000 workers there signed union cards indicating that they want to join UAW, as announced today by the union<\/a>. UAW points out that GM and LG (who are partners in the Ultium Cells venture) did not interfere with the union vote and has agreed to recognize the union.<\/p>\n

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