Hello,

The Center for American Progress is out with a new article today, 5 Reasons Automakers Must Provide Good Jobs and Lower Vehicle Emissions

Despite skyrocketing profits, the Big Three - Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler (now Stellantis) - are attempting to weaken proposed pollution standards and are opposing the better conditions that United Auto Workers are seeking for its members. The article lays out how automakers are benefiting from the Biden administration’s historic investments in EVs and transportation infrastructure through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act, and in turn they should reinvest in their workers and recommit to reduce the pollution from their vehicles. 

Read the full piece by Leo Banks, Karla Walter, and Anona Neal here: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/5-reasons-automakers-must-provide-good-jobs-and-lower-vehicle-emissions/

Please share with your networks widely by retweeting @CAPEnergyPolicy, @CAPEconomy, @AmerWorker, or sharing one of the sample posts below.

Thank you!

Margaret

Sample social:

• Negotiations between @UAW & the Big 3 automakers are down to the wire. It's up to automakers to provide good jobs amidst their record profits - they CAN and MUST treat workers fairly & do their part to reduce pollution. NEW article from @amprog: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/5-reasons-automakers-must-provide-good-jobs-and-lower-vehicle-emissions/
• Despite skyrocketing profits, automakers are attempting to weaken proposed pollution standards & are opposing better conditions that @UAW workers are seeking. Record profits shouldn’t be built on low wages & dirty vehicles. NEW from @amprog: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/5-reasons-automakers-must-provide-good-jobs-and-lower-vehicle-emissions/
• The EV transition must be a just transition. It's up to automakers to make the clean energy jobs of the future good jobs - American families & the climate depend on it. Read more in NEW @amprog article from Leo Banks, Karla Walter, & Anona Neal: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/5-reasons-automakers-must-provide-good-jobs-and-lower-vehicle-emissions/
• Demands for better jobs & stronger health protections have some automakers claiming they can’t improve job quality AND lower vehicle emissions. It's critical that this “we can’t do it” refrain does not become a self-fulfilling prophecy. NEW from @amprog: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/5-reasons-automakers-must-provide-good-jobs-and-lower-vehicle-emissions/
• By ⬆️ standards for all autoworkers & expanding the production of clean vehicles, automakers can support middle-class-led economic growth, ensure a just transition to EVs, & support a globally competitive EV market for decades to come. NEW from @amprog: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/5-reasons-automakers-must-provide-good-jobs-and-lower-vehicle-emissions/

Hashtags/Accounts to Tag

• Hashtags to include: 
• #cleanercars
• @amprog
• @UAW 
• @CAPenergypolicy
• @CAPEconomy 
• Leo Banks
• Karla Walter
• Anona Neal

Margaret Cooney

She/her/hers (what’s this?)

Campaign Manager, Energy & Environment Department

Center for American Progress

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Suite 100E

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(Piscataway & Anacostan lands)

mcooney@americanprogress.org

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