Ultium Cells LLC, the General Motors Co. and LG Energy Solution battery cell joint venture, and the United Auto Workers will begin negotiating on their first contract for workers at Ultium's northeast Ohio plant in January, union spokesperson Sandra Engle said in a statement.
Workers at the Warren, Ohio, battery cell plant earlier this month overwhelmingly voted to have the UAW represent them with 710 voting for the union and 16 voting against it. The plant is one of four U.S. battery cell operations GM and LG plan to open. Production launched first at the Warren facility this past summer.
Ultium Cells spokesperson Brooke Waid said the company "is committed to the collective bargaining process, and will work in good faith with the UAW to reach a competitive agreement that positions our employees and our Ohio battery cell manufacturing facility for success. We look forward to a positive working relationship with the UAW."
