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Press Mention The Atlantic September 14, 2023

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Biden's Clean-Energy Agenda Is Exacerbating His Labor Problem

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The Atlantic reports on how Biden's clean-energy legislation is driving massive EV manufacturing investment, but predominantly into non-unionized southern states rather than unionized Midwest plants. Stan Cross of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy notes that southern EV investments are projected to generate at least 65,000 jobs, but labor unions worry this shift is being used to undercut wages and union organizing. The UAW strike launched amid concerns that federal subsidies are inadvertently funding a shift toward lower-wage, non-union production facilities.

The EV investments announced so far are projected to generate at least 65,000 jobs across the region

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