The union has secured that workers at General Motors’ joint-venture battery plants will be covered under the Big Three master agreement. It’s a major step in a just transition.
  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is a pretty big one, and it chips away a big stupid argument that Trump and the right wing has been making. That being, “the left wants to invest in EVs and, EV manufacturing isn’t as good for American workers.”

    Which is technically true, but it’s true because there are less unions in EV manufacturing, and that makes the jobs shittier. And America’s right is the corporate mouthpiece for killing unions.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      This is a pretty big one, and it chips away a big stupid argument that Trump and the right wing has been making. That being, “the left wants to invest in EVs and, EV manufacturing isn’t as good for American workers.”

      It’s not just Trump and the right wing. There was an interview that Shawn Fain had with PBS where the interviewer kept trying to paint unions as anti-EV.

    • spongebue@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      There are also fewer parts to EVs, which means fewer parts to manufacture. Of course, the implication of that being an argument against EVs is that we should keep driving Rube Goldberg machines with more points of failure because that’s someone’s job - but nobody would bat an eye at having a robot do that job if it’s possible to.

  • Brennan Stehling@sfba.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    @tintory This better just be the start. These workers should understand there won’t be as many jobs in building EVs and making batteries or maintenance at dealerships. Instead there will be new jobs in building and maintening solar farms and charging stations all over the country. States should be running job retraining programs to prepare the workforce. Becoming a skilled electrician will make a very good career. Buildings and homes are also being converted to use electricity more and oil products less. It is better to start sooner than later.

    • tintory@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      I used to build maintenance apps for a logistics company, and one thing I learn is that you should be suprise on what kind of jobs will pop up