(SPRING HILL, TENNESSEE) - A majority of Workers employed at Ultium Cells in Tennessee have signed cards to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) - and the company has agreed to recognize their Union.

Ultium, a joint venture of General Motors and LG Energy Solution, did not interfere with the decision by its 1,000 Employees to join the UAW.

The Workers organized without facing threats or intimidation and won their Union once a majority of Workers signed cards. 

“This is a great day for Ultium Workers and for every Worker in Tennessee and the South,” said Trudy Lindahl, a Ultium Employee in Spring Hill. “Southern Workers are ready to stand up and win our fair share by winning our Unions - and when we have a free and fair choice, we will win every time.”

The Ultium Workers’ victory marks the latest big win for Auto Workers in the South.

In April, 4,300 Workers employed at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee made history as they became the first Southern Auto Workers outside of the Big Three to win their Union.  

“The UAW Members at Ultium and VW are proving that the new jobs of the South will be Union jobs,” said Director Tim Smith of UAW Region 8, which includes Tennessee and ranges from the Southeast to New Mexico. “In the Battery Plants and EV Factories springing up from Georgia to Kentucky to Texas, Workers know they deserve the same strong pay and benefits our Members have won.  And we’re going to make sure they have the support they need to win their Unions and win their fair share.” 

The Ultium Plant in Spring Hill, which started production this year, is the second Ultium Factory built in the United States and the second to Go Union.

The first, in Lordstown, Ohio, opened in 2022, and Workers there also organized with the UAW. 

“Being Unionized will help us reap the benefits as far as better health care, better pay and overall, just having decency within the workplace - not just for us, but future generations,” said Tradistine Chambers, a Worker employed at Ultium in Spring Hill.

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