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DETROIT/WASHINGTON United Auto Workers President Rory Gamble told Reuters the union is in talks with General Motors about representing workers at joint venture battery plants, and voiced opposition to proposals for Washington to impose a firm deadline to end use of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles.
Gamble said the UAW has raised concerns with GM and Ford Motor Co about joint venture and potential electric vehicle operations set up by the automakers and supplier partners that so far are not represented by the union. GM is building two U.S. battery production plants with South Korean battery partner LG Chem. Ford is considering investments in battery manufacturing.
Biden s $2T infrastructure and jobs package proposes billions for electrification
Washington President Joe Biden s $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs proposal would include $174 billion to win the global electric vehicle race against China and Europe, reflecting a growing symbiosis between Democratic policy goals and the bottom lines of Detroit automakers.
The plan, detailed Wednesday, dovetails with the administration s hopes to make the U.S. economy carbon neutral by 2050 in part by cutting pollution from the transportation sector, which still makes up the lion s share of greenhouse gas emissions in the country.
While EVs are just a sliver of sales right now, analysts predict that share will skyrocket in the coming years. Speeding the switch to electric vehicles is increasingly part of companies business goals: Every new EV announcement tends to be rewarded with a bump in market valuation, so an amenable administration seeking to dole out taxpayer dollars to pu
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Justice Department, UAW Reach Settlement on Reform Plan
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The United Auto Workers knew a settlement was coming. Now comes the hard part: compliance. This past Monday, December 14, Matthew Schneider, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced that his office and the UAW had settled a civil suit filed earlier that day against the union based on acts of fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion committed by certain among its members. Criminal investigations had led to charges and convictions of 15 individuals, mostly union officials, including recent UAW Presidents Gary Jones and Dennis Williams. Most thus far have received sentences. The consent order, which requires court approval, creates an Independent Monitor possessed of the authority for up to six years to investigate and discipline corruption.