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Sierra Club Statement on UAW Deals with the Big Three Automakers
By Larisa Manescu - Common Dreams, October 30, 2023
WASHINGTON - The United Auto Workers has announced tentative agreements in their contract negotiations with the “Big Three” Automakers: Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors.
Wins from the tentative agreements:
- All three agreements will increase base wages by 25% through April 2028;
- Ford’s deal creates a pathway to allow workers at future battery plants, including the new EV complex in Tennessee, to join the union and be included in the master agreement;
- Stellantis’ deal will reopen the idled Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois and add a new battery plant in Belvidere;
- General Motors battery production workers will be included under the master UAW contract.
Tens of thousands of UAW workers have been on strike across the U.S. since the UAW contract expired on September 16. The Sierra Club, alongside many in the environment movement, has loudly echoed the demands of auto workers to ensure that the clean energy transition is a just transition.
Next, the tentative agreements for each automaker must be voted on and ratified by UAW members.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
“As UAW President Shawn Fain has said from the start, ‘Record profits mean record contracts.’ For workers and further ensuring a just transition to clean energy, these tentative contracts are truly historic.
“The transformation of the auto sector – and the economy more broadly – to meet U.S. climate commitments represents a generational opportunity to build an economy that works for everyone. This work will not be easy, but in negotiating historic contracts, UAW has reminded the world what is possible!”
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