Ford is using the same plant and workers to assemble the Mach-e that they have used for ICE cars since the 1960s. My guess is that there really isn't a huge dif

Ford is using the same plant and workers to assemble the Mach-e that they have used for ICE cars since the 1960s. My guess is that there really isn't a huge difference in what the factory workers are doing. Bolting a door onto a Rav4 can't be that different than bolting a door onto a Rav4 with an electric motor. We actually do have a retraining mechanism in this case. The UAW has a program called the "National Vocational Retraining Assistance Plan" available to laid off members. It would be a shitty union if they lobbied for the entire country to use outdated, and less efficient technology in order to benefit a few thousand people temporarily.