UAW Notches Win for EV Battery Workers with GM

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First, the Hollywood writers made peace, now it's the auto workers' turn.

The United Auto Workers announced on Friday that it had called off a planned walkout at a General Motors plant in Arlington, Texas, after GM ceded at the 11th hour to one of the union's more far-sighted demands: that battery workers at still-to-be-built EV plants be included in the union's national agreement. It's a solid precedent the union can wield against Stellantis and Ford, but it does come with a slight wrinkle, as many planned EV plants are not solely owned by the Big Three.

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