The United Auto Workers union is calling on General Motors to pay full union wages at electric vehicle battery factories, thrusting what was a festering conflict into the spotlight because automakers want to pay lessNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The United Auto Workers union is calling on General Motors to pay full union wages at electric vehicle battery factories, thrusting what had been a festering conflict into the spotlight. The union, in a statement reacting to GM’s announcement Friday that it would build a second U.S. battery plant, said the company and its joint venture partner have a “moral obligation” to pay the higher wages at battery factories. GM said wages at the battery plants would be determined by Ultium Cells LLC, the joint venture with LG Energy that’s running the factories. “The union is going to lose a huge number of jobs from engine and transmission plants that are replaced by battery plants,” he said. Bill Lee declared the new battery plant project “the largest single investment of economic activity in the state's history" while praising the project.

Source: ABC News April 16, 2021 15:55 UTC