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Fresh off successful contract negotiations<\/a> with Ford, GM and Stellantis, the United Auto Workers (UAW) is seeking to unionize 150,000 workers across 13 automakers including Tesla, BMW, Mercedes Benz and Hyundai, it announced<\/a>. "To all the autoworkers out there working without the benefits of a union: now it\u2019s your turn," said UAW president Shawn Fain.<\/p>\n

The UAW said the organizing drive covers "more than a dozen" non-union automakers. It notes that many use a mix of full-time, temporary and contract employees "to divide the workforce and depress wages." The union cited one example of a Hyundai assembly plant employee who worked for a subcontractor for eight years starting at $9.25 an hour before finally becoming a full-time Hyundai employee.<\/p>\n

Non-union automakers, including VW, Nissan, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota and Subaru raised wages<\/a> after the UAW's negotiations with the big three. VW, for one, bumped them to $23.42 an hour, rising to a maximum of $32.40. However, they "lag far behind UAW autoworkers in wages, benefits and rights on the job," the union said.<\/p>\n

The UAW helped workers win a 25 percent raise over four years with the big three automakers, with the highest-paid Ford workers now earning $83,000 per year for a 40-hour work week (around $42 per hour). The union also gained reinstatement of cost-of-living allowances, shorter progression periods to top wages and a quicker conversion of temporary to in-progression (full-time) employees.<\/p>\n

Tesla employees have attempted to unionize the company before, and some alleged<\/a> that the company fired them for that \u2014 though that claim was recently dismissed<\/a> by the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB has previously found that Tesla violated labor law by prohibiting employees<\/a> from talking about workplace matters. Back in 2022, Elon Musk challenged the UAW<\/a> to hold a vote at Tesla's California factory.<\/p>\n

Other automakers aren't exempt from worker complaints, including startup Rivian. "The company likes to tell us we\u2019re making the plane while flying it, and that explains a lot about the problems we have," said one Rivian chassis worker. "We have all sorts of safety issues. Turnoveris terrible. Every group has a story about a new employeewho did not make it to first break. The lack of safety, the low pay, the forced overtime, there are so many reasons we need to be union."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"