The first piece of steel for the Stellantis and Samsung joint venture EV battery plant is raised earlier this year.
Many believe the company will decide to have other work done at the Kokomo plants, even if it no longer needs transmissions or engines.
A fraction of auto plant payThe Kokomo battery plant is still more than a year away from starting production.
The battery plant workers are likely to start at half that, Quirk said.
Even the top wage will be nearly 30% below top wage at a UAW plant today, let alone what it could be in the upcoming contract.
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