That yielded a pay raise of 25 percent over the next four years, easing the pain of reductions that she and other union workers swallowed more than a decade ago.
But as Ms. Simmons, 38, contemplates prospects for the American auto industry in the state that invented it, she worries about a new force: the shift toward electric vehicles.
The Biden administration has embraced electric vehicles as a means of generating high-paying jobs while cutting emissions.
It has dispensed tax credits to encourage consumers to buy electric cars, while limiting the benefits to models that use American-made parts.
But autoworkers fixate on the assumption that electric cars — simpler machines than their gas-powered forebears — will require fewer hands to build.
Persons:
Tiffanie Simmons, S.U.V.s, Simmons, President Biden, Biden, Mr
Organizations:
Ford Motor, United Automobile Workers
Locations:
Detroit