UAW Scores Victory in EV Worker Battle Even With Wage Compromise (1)

The United Auto Workers union won’t get everything it wanted from Detroit car makers, but history may find that it won the strike regardless.

The UAW said Sunday that Ford Motor Co. had agreed to let thousands of electric vehicle workers join the union, making them eligible for the proposed top pay rate of more than $40 an hour. General Motors Co., the largest of the three automakers, was the first to relent in letting EV battery workers join the union this month—giving the UAW a path to dominate the emerging electric vehicle market for the next century or ...