Fain also wants workers at the plants to make top UAW assembly plant wages, which now are $32 per hour.
Political Cartoons View All 1205 Images“The battery plants are going to be the make-or-break issue,” said Sam Abuelsamid, a mobility analyst for Guidehouse Insights.
And if lower-paying battery plants aren't union, workers won't have anywhere to get the same wages and benefits.
But they also see a future where buyers could switch, and they think wages at the battery plants should match what they make.
The UAW, he said, will use this to try to organize other Korean-owned battery plants.
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