‘Union Joe’ Biden Teamed Up With GM Chief To Push Transition to Electric Vehicles
Painful EV transition pushed by White House is central to auto worker complaints
View Source | September 19, 2023 9:39 am
- President Joe Biden praised General Motors chief executive Mary Barra at a 2022 event, saying “we owe you big” for pushing the auto industry towards all-electric production over the next decade.
- The president’s kind words for Barra, and their decision to team up to back a transition to electric vehicles, could come back to haunt both parties amid a historic United Auto Workers strike.
- The 150,000-member union has singled out Barra as an example of corporate greed at the “Big Three” automakers, a group that also includes Ford and Stellantis. UAW, which launched a strike at four auto plants last week, took a shot at Barra over her industry-leading $29 million annual salary.
- The union wants a hefty increase in salaries and benefits for its members, along with assurances that jobs will be protected during the transition to EV production.
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