The group will operate under the UAW Constitution’s standing committees on Civil and Human Rights. UAW President Rory L. Gamble believes that the formation of the group was long overdue.
The Volvo Workers Rank-and-File Committee at the New River Valley Plant in Dublin, Virginia has issued the following statement opposing the latest tentative agreement handed down by United Auto W orkers (UAW). As the statement explains, there is no substantive difference between the current tentative agreement and the tentative agreement that workers resoundingly voted down on May 16.
Stabenow bill to boost EV tax credits to $12,500 passes Senate panel
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Washington Legislation from Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, that would raise consumer tax credits for electric vehicles to $12,500 for the next five years passed a Senate committee Wednesday.
The provision would expand the $7,500 tax credit for vehicles costing less than $80,000, eliminating the cap for automakers and adding $2,500 for autos built by union members and $2,500 for vehicles assembled in the United States.
Right now, consumers who buy the first 200,000 electric vehicles from automakers qualify for up to $7,500 in tax credits, and it s not limited by the price of the vehicle. General Motors Co. and Tesla Inc. have already hit their caps.
Senate Panel Wants to Bump EV Incentives up to $12,500
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Senate Panel Wants to Bump EV Incentives up to $12,500
Signs point towards the United Auto Workers union representing workers at GM and LG Chem’s joint venture battery plants in the U.S. following comments made by the automaker.
General Motors told Reuters that the UAW is “well-positioned” to represent the more than 2,300 workers at two plants being built in the U.S. The UAW, meanwhile, said it is looking forward to opening discussions about representing workers so that they “will have a voice at the table in order to create good-paying union jobs and benefits.”
The UAW already represents more than 45,000 workers at GM plants in the U.S. but the union status of workers at the battery plants was thrown into question following comments made by GM earlier this year. In April, the automaker suggested that since the battery plants are a joint venture with LG Chem, workers there were a special case and their contracts would not necessarily be negotiated alongside GM’s other workers.