The UAW has gotten President Biden's support as it aims to build on its deal with Detroit’s Big Three automakers by organizing workers at Tesla and Toyota.
President Biden threw his support behind the United Auto Workers’ efforts to unionize workers at Tesla Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp. in the wake of the labor group’s historic contract with Detroit’s Big Three automakers. “Absolutely,” Biden told reporters Thursday when asked if he is in favor of the organizing drive. Biden is again backing the union’s push for higher wages, benefits and larger membership.
The UAW failed at previous organizing efforts at foreign-based automakers in the United States, such as Volkswagen AG. Tesla, though, offers a prominent target for the union. The company employs tens of thousands of non-union workers across California, Texas, Nevada, New York and other states, and is the leading U.S. electric automaker. One of the union’s concerns is that the transition to electric vehicles will shrink its ranks and lower pay.
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