The company refuses to play ball with its Swedish mechanics union. So the labor movement is shutting it down.
electric vehicles
Posted inCSS Test
TEST Electric Vehicles Labor Uphill
The UAW agreement with the Big Three builds a base of good jobs in EVs, and could help the entire transition. But interest rates are a huge impediment right now.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Electric Vehicles Labor Uphill
The UAW agreement with the Big Three builds a base of good jobs in EVs, and could help the entire transition. But interest rates are a huge impediment right now.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Republican Electric Vehicle Tantrum
Better technology that helps America fight climate change? No thanks, say conservatives.
Posted inTAP
The UAW’s Amazing Win
Today on TAP: The Ford contract has broader implications for the labor movement and for working people.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Global Capitalists or National Champions?
As long as production is domestic, does it matter whether a company creating jobs for U.S. workers is American, German, or Japanese?
Posted inWorking in America
UAW Makes the Brave New Economy a Lot More Worker-Friendly
GM’s promise to cover its EV battery factories under the national master agreement gives workers a share of the gains from going electric.
Posted inWorking in America
GM Battery Workers Will Be Union
The union has secured that workers at General Motors’ joint-venture battery plants will be covered under the Big Three master agreement. It’s a major step in a just transition.
Posted inPolitics
The GOP Is Beginning to Look Like Europe’s New Far-Right Parties
Holding their working-class base with racist, nativist demagogy may also require a little less laissez-faire.
Posted inWorking in America
The Punditocracy vs. the UAW
Today on TAP: Commentators argue that the union is asking for too much. But a big win may help the UAW organize the non-union competition.
