The only way the UAW’s strategy of rejecting voluntary overtime can work is if Ford, GM, and Stellantis lack enough workers to make cars.
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Posted inTAP
Can the UAW Strike Help It Expand to Non-Union Plants?
Today on TAP: Probably not directly, but a good contract is a good selling point to workers at those factories.
Posted inTransportation
Tesla’s Incipient Dominance of EV Charging Networks
Automakers switching to Tesla’s charging plug opens up more opportunities in the short term, but problems in the long term.
Posted inTransportation
Tesla’s ‘Self-Driving’ System Never Should Have Been Allowed on the Road
Elon Musk’s automatic driving technology seems to be roughly an order of magnitude more deadly than human drivers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Liberalism That Builds Power
The goals of domestic supply chains, good jobs, carbon reduction, and public input are inseparable.
Posted inWorking in America
He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials.
Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required as part of a Travis County tax deal.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will ‘Made in America’ Really Lead to Good Jobs?
What we haven’t done, and what we should do, to ensure that ‘new industrial strategy’ actually benefits workers
Posted inEconomic Policy
Finally, the End of the Car Dealership?
Tesla has tried to cut out the middleman, and other automakers are following suit.
Posted inWorking in America
Industrial Policy Without Industrial Unions
Democrats’ new industrial manufacturing plan leaves unions behind, fumbling a moment of relative leverage for organized labor.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Setting the Standard for Electric Car Charging Stations
New federal rulemaking on interoperability and public investment has opened Tesla’s Supercharger network to non-Tesla users.
