About 900 workers at the new plant near Warren, Ohio, are the first to decide on union representation at a battery plant.
The National Labor Relations Board said Friday that workers voted 710 to 16 for the UAW, a decision that is crucial to the future of the 372,000-member union.
The company has announced the sites of two other North American battery factories in Lansing, Michigan, and Spring Hill, Tennessee, to be built in a joint venture with LG Energy Solution of South Korea. The location of a fourth plant is expected to be announced soon. GM CEO Mary Barra told the Automotive Press Association in Detroit on Thursday that the company welcomes the union at its battery plant. GM, she said, has worked with the UAW on health and safety, quality and training issues. “There’s a lot that we can do together,” she said.
“It’s going to be key to lock down that type of new technology,” he said. “Everybody is dependent upon what happens out of that bargaining.” On Thursday, Barra said that just because the UAW represents a plant doesn’t mean its costs have to be higher. GM, she said, knows how to run its operations efficiently and has strategies to do that. But she said GM still has to be competitive so it can reinvest in its business and keep workers’ jobs secure.
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