The union leader currently maintains a dispute with the three car manufacturers of Detroit on union representation in new battery factories.
The announcement comes as Stellantis, parent of the Detroit-based Chrysler, Jeep and Ram truck brands, faces challenges. losses resulting from almost four weeks of strikes of the UAW union at a Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, and at parts warehouses across the United States.
Fain, who joined the UAW as a worker at one of Chrysler’s plants in Kokomo, is demanding that Stellantis, General Motors and Ford subject their joint electric vehicle battery factories to the union’s framework agreements with the automakers.
Stellantis and Ford have so far resisted, saying the battery companies are separate entities that need lower labor costs.
Last Friday, GM agreed to include the operations of its battery joint ventures in its framework contract, but the UAW and the automaker did not disclose details of the agreement, including the pay that battery plant workers will receive.