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UAW strike highlights complex electric vehicle politics |
Auto workers are on strike amid pay-related concerns, which includes how workers are being treated in the transition to electric vehicles. |
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About 13,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members went on strike at midnight after the union and the "Big three" automakers — General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — could not reach an agreement. The EV issue is "the backdrop to everything," said Marick Masters, a professor of business at Wayne State University, "in terms of what the companies can afford to give the unions in this contract, in terms of where the union needs to go in organizing autoworkers in the future." In particular, Masters explained that Tesla's status as both a non-union company and the largest U.S. EV manufacturer is an elephant in the room for union auto workers. "It's something they're very concerned about, what the overall effect might be in depressing wages in the industry," he added. The situation puts President Biden and the Democrats on a tightrope walk, as the party looks to balance support for labor with combatting climate change. In the upcoming presidential election, both Biden and former President Trump are looking to court union workers' votes, especially since Michigan is a major swing state. Read more this weekend, when a full story will go live at TheHill.com. |
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm blamed "poor judgment" after a report that a staffer parked a non-electric vehicle by an electric vehicle charger to reserve it for her amid limited availability. |
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| Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) declared a state of emergency Friday and requested that FEMA issue a Pre-Disaster Emergency Declaration as the Northeast braces for Hurricane Lee's impact. |
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The Rockefeller Foundation announced Friday that it would invest more than $1 billion over the next five years in strategies that combat climate change. |
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Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
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Workers at three U.S. auto plants are on strike after the Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers failed to reach an agreement by Thursday night's strike deadline. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The House is slated to vote at some point next week on a bill that would remove restrictions on liquified natural gas exports.
- Tuesday:
- FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell is slated to testify before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the current state of disaster readiness, response and recovery
- Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is slated to testify before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on the CHIPS and Science Act
- The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing titled "Examining the Biden Administration's Mismanagement of the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Program"
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is slated to testify before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing on tribal drinking water infrastructure
- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on drought and drinking water access
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked a judge to limit the extent former President Trump can discuss his looming trial on charges related to his effort to block the transfer of power in the 2020 election, citing a history of targeting those who "present an obstacle" to him. Read more |
| Newly unsealed court records indicate special counsel Jack Smith's team warned that former President Trump could “precipitate violence” unless the court shielded its efforts to obtain information on his Twitter account. Read more |
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