Last year, Big Three automaker Stellantis promised to invest in America and reopen the Belvidere Assembly plant in Illinois. Now Stellantis is trying to go back on that promise.
WE STAND WITH STELLANTIS WORKERS and call on the company to reopen Belvidere and keep good jobs here in America.
The tax credit of an additional $4,500 for union-made electric vehicles made in the U.S. is a win for UAW members, unorganized autoworkers, and the entire labor movement. The provision:
Supports the high standards in wages, benefits, and safety that UAW members have bargained for in the auto industry
Incentivizes nonunion companies to stop spending millions on union busters and to allow their workers to form their unions freely
Encourages U.S. auto manufacturers to bring back jobs they offshored