The Tricky Politics of the Electric Vehicle Revolution

04 May 2023 | Abstracted from Axios

"New United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said the union isn't endorsing President Biden's newly launched 2024 run - for now...plant closures and idlings, and says automakers'joint ventures with battery manufacturers are undermining wages.

"The powerful union is unlikely to ditch Biden, who it endorsed in 2020. The memo even says another Trump term would be a 'disaster.'"

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