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1,400 Solar Manufacturing Workers in Michigan Unionize with Steelworkers
Original: 1,400 Solar Manufacturing Workers In Michigan ‘Go Union,’ Join the United Steelworkers
Around 1,400 solar manufacturing workers in Michigan have voted to join the United Steelworkers, organizing a union at their plant. The move adds a significant bloc of workers in the growing clean energy manufacturing sector to organized labor. Labor outlets are highlighting the victory as evidence that the renewable energy boom is bringing union jobs, with the Steelworkers expanding beyond their traditional metals and industrial base.
Why now: Union wins in the expanding solar manufacturing sector are seen as a bellwether for labor's growth in clean energy industries.
Evidence
- 1,400 Solar Manufacturing Workers In Michigan ‘Go Union,’ Join the United Steelworkers · WNY Labor Today
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