United Auto Workers Open Contract Talks in Detroit
The U.A.W., with a more confrontational leader, aims to win back wage and benefit concessions and insulate jobs from the rise of electric vehicles.
Rural Georgia Factory, Flush With Federal Funds, Votes to Unionize
Friday’s victory by the United Steelworkers at a factory building electric school buses was a test for Democratic hopes that clean-energy funding from Washington could bolster organized labor.
United Auto Workers Hold Off on Backing Biden, for Now
A memo by the union’s president underscores how some of President Biden’s moves to fight climate change could weaken some of his political support.
E.P.A Lab Helps Plan the Fastest Road to an EV Future
Government scientists have spent a year analyzing electric vehicles to help the E.P.A. design new tailpipe rules to trigger an electric car revolution.
Tesla Fired Buffalo Workers Seeking to Organize, Union Says
Workers backing a push for better wages and working conditions were among those illegally laid off, members told the National Labor Relations Board.
Tesla Workers in Buffalo Begin Union Drive
If successful, the workers who help develop Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assistance system would be the first group at the company to organize.
As Federal Cash Flows to Unions, Democrats Hope to Reap the Rewards
In places like West Virginia, money from three major laws passed by Congress is pouring into the alternative energy industry and other projects. “I think it’s a renaissance for the labor movement,” said one union official.
Workers at E.V. Battery Plant in Ohio Vote to Unionize
The result, at a plant owned by General Motors and a South Korean company, is a milestone for the auto union in organizing electric vehicle workers.
Democrats Are Blowing It With Silicon Valley
The tech industry, long considered a bastion of progressivism and social liberalism, is moving to the right.
For the Climate, Biden Must Be More Aggressive in Ending New Truck and Bus Emissions
To meet his climate goals, the president must clean up these carbon-spewing vehicles.