Some in the UAW fear the green transition will cost jobs because electric vehicles require fewer people to assemble.
from solidifying its grip on a growing industry. His signature legislation, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, includes billions of dollars in incentives to get more clean cars on the roads.
“How do you expect people to work with ease if they’re in fear of losing their jobs?” said Eason, who planned to walk the picket line this weekend. Electric vehicles may be inevitable, she said, but changes need to be made “so everybody can feel secure about their jobs, their homes and everything else.”, saying the transition to clean energy"should be fair and a win-win for autoworkers and auto companies.
“Batteries are the power trains of the future,” said Dave Green, a regional director for the union in Ohio and Indiana."Our workers in engine and transmission areas need to be able to move into the new generation.” Some environmental groups, conscious of how labor remains crucial to securing support for climate programs, have expressed support for the strike.
Ammar Moussa, a spokesman for Biden's campaign, said Trump “will say literally anything to distract from his long record of breaking promises and failing America's workers.” He noted that Trump would have let auto companies go bankrupt during the financial crisis rather than bail them out as President Barack Obama did at the time.$9.2 billion loan
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