Workers at an Alabama plant will be voting for a fourth time to remove their union after the previous attempt was deemed invalid after allegations of ballot stuffing. On Jan. 16, 2015, after the first two rounds of votes were dismissed, employees for NTN-Bower Corporation voted for a third time on whether to remove the United Auto Workers. After the UAW won the vote, the National Labor Relations Board determined the results were invalid. “Even though 139 workers voted in the third election out of the 140 eligible, 148 ballots were cast,” the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation said in a statement . NRTW is helping to represent one of the company employees, Ginger Estes, who brought the union meddling to the attention of the NLRB after the third election. Estes, along with other employees at the plant, were the ones who requested a decertification election with the NLRB back in 2013. “After workers cast ballots in the first election, union and company officials …
EV tax-credit plan draws ire from non-union Toyota, Tesla
A proposal by US House Democratic lawmakers to give union-made electric vehicles higher subsidies drew criticism by non-unionised automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., Tesla Inc. and Rivian Automotive Inc. Under the 10-year proposal unveiled late Friday, union-built electric vehicles will get an additional US$4,500 (RM18,641) tax incentive, a measure that would favour the three traditional Detroit carmakers – General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis NV – whose factory workers are represented by the United Auto Workers. That sweetener would be on top of a US$7,500 (RM31,068) base incentive that would be available for EV vehicles. The current draft discriminates "against American autoworkers based on their choice not to unionise,” Toyota said in a statement Saturday. "We will also fight to focus taxpayer dollars on making all electrified vehicles accessible for American consumers.” Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted that the proposal smacked of being …
Continue Reading about EV tax-credit plan draws ire from non-union Toyota, Tesla →
Ford adding jobs to produce electric pick-up truck
Ford Motor Company announced on Thursday that it was adding a total of 450 jobs among three Michigan facilities to produce their all-electric pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning. The company said it was planning to invest $250 million in addition to the new jobs toward the production of the electric pick-up, which the company says has 150,000 reservations to date. The company noted that production capacity will go up to 80,000 vehicles a year as a result of the added jobs and financial investment. The trucks will be on the market in the spring of 2022 with a starting price of $40,000. ADVERTISEMENT “We knew the F-150 Lightning was special, but the interest from the public has surpassed our highest expectations and changed the conversation around electric vehicles. So we are doubling down, adding jobs and investment to increase production,” Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Company, said in a statement. “This truck and the Ford-UAW workers who are assembling it in …
Continue Reading about Ford adding jobs to produce electric pick-up truck →