to invest in goodpaying union jobs and wages shows that approach is starting to pay off ford has not said those jobs will be unionized and in any case it would be up to potential workers to vote in favor of organizing gm faces the same kind of pressure for the us battery plants it is building with lg energy solution a unit of koreas lg chem the no 1 us automaker initially took the same stance as ford that it was up to potential workers to decide on whether to unionize but subsequently expressed strong support for efforts by the uaw to organize those plants without endorsing the union the issue is certain to be the subject of contract talks between the uaw and detroits big three automakers before the current fouryear agreement expires in late 2023 the unions push comes as it has unsuccessfully sought to organize plants like volkswagen ags in tennessee and other foreign auto plants in april thenuaw president rory gamble called on gm and ford to commit to union representation at new jointventure ev factories the uaw in the past has criticized gm for announcing a 1 billion investment to build evs in mexico where union rights are seen as far weaker and hourly pay is much lower and has also criticized ford for opting to build some evs in mexico rather than in ohio reuters published on sep 30 2021 at 1058 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app ford united auto workers sk innovation battery plants ev future mobility auto batteries homenewsauto componentsauto industry wonders whether fordsk battery plants will sport the union label