UAW Calls on Auto Industry to Have Supply Chain Outside Xinjiang
The United Autoworkers, responding to a British university report that the auto parts industry is tainted by Uyghur inputs (see 2212060054), said its members' employers need to make sure their supply chain does not include goods from Xinjiang.
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“Forced labor and other human rights abuses are unacceptable in the modern global economy,” Ray Curry, president of the UAW, said. “The time is now for the auto industry to establish high-road supply chain models outside the Uyghur Region that protect labor and human rights and the environment. This includes significant re-investments in good union jobs in the U.S.”
He added, “As the automotive industry transitions towards electric vehicles, the new EV tax credit program and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) creates economic opportunities for the industry to bring manufacturing work back into the United States and create good union jobs."