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The US auto industry still has a pretty significant union presence, especially the US-based companies that aren't Tesla. The UAW has ~430k members[1] out of the
by opencl 8y ago
The US auto industry still has a pretty significant union presence, especially the US-based companies that aren't Tesla. The UAW has ~430k members[1] out of the ~950k total US auto manufacturing workforce[2].
Most of the foreign companies building cars in the US are quite anti-union though. Somewhat ironically the building that is currently Tesla's factory used to be Toyota's only unionized factory.
[1] https://uaw.org/uaw-grows-almost-15000-new-members-2017-75000-new-members-since-2009/ https://uaw.org/uaw-grows-almost-15000-new-members-2017-7500...
[2] https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iagauto.htm https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iagauto.htm
- TarpitCarnivore 8y ago> Most of the foreign companies building cars in the US are quite anti-union though I would assume this is because of different protected worker rights in the EU vs US. So they probably try to employ similar steps here.
- masonic 8y agoToyota's only unionized factory To my knowledge, every Toyota factory in Japan is unionized.
- opencl 8y agoYes, I should have been more specific. Only unionized factory in the US. Japan and Germany both have heavily unionized domestic auto manufacturing workforces, it's just their factories in the US that don't.