CAAT will assure that workers get defined benefits in retirement, CAAT and Unifor said. Separately, the UAW and companies have not agreed on the complex issues raised by new electric-vehicle battery plants owned by joint ventures. Under U.S. labor law, the UAW would have to organize the battery joint ventures, which are separate entities from the automakers. So far, Ford and Stellantis have not matched GM's proposal on battery plants. Three of four battery plants Ford plans will be operated as joint ventures with South Korean battery maker SK On.

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