GM Ultium Workers Vote Overwhelmingly In Favor Of Unionizing At Ohio Battery Plant | Carscoops carscoops
Ultium said it respects “the decision of our Ohio workforce supporting representation by the UAW. We look forward to a positive working relationship with the UAW.”
The union petitioned to represent the roughly 900 workers at the Ultium Cells LLC plant near Cleveland in October. The majority of workers signed cards authorizing the organization to represent them as part of the union’s region 2B, which led to this vote. “Region 2B has stood with Ultium workers since the moment they said they wanted to form their organizing committees,” said Wayne Blanchard, UAW Region 2B Director. “Their hard work and the support of Region 2B members and staff have led to this powerful victory. Special thanks to the retirees of Local 1112 who would open the hall at any hour to help Ultium workers meet.”
Production at the Ohio Ultium Cells plant started in August, and it is the first of at least four planned for the U.S. The joint venture company has said that it will build a plant in Michigan and is looking at another in Indiana. The toughest test of the UAW’s ability to organize is likely to come when it seeks to represent workers at Ultium Cells’ fourth plant,
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