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The Electric: UAW Battery Workers Will Earn Lower Pay Than Auto Workers

Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford at the February 2023 announcement of a new $3.5 billion battery plant that has since been put on hold. Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty
By
Steve LeVine

The United Auto Workers union won big pay raises for its members in recent negotiations with Detroit’s Big Three, but the accord will leave battery factory employees earning substantially less than co-workers who produce cars.