Auto Worker Job Protection: Increased Transparency for Government Contracts.
New rules require car companies bidding for government contracts to disclose detailed information about vehicle production sites, including wages and labor law violations. This aims to increase transparency and protect workers' rights, influencing where and under what conditions taxpayer-funded vehicles are produced.
Key points
Companies selling vehicles to the U.S. government must disclose the addresses of plants where they are assembled.
They must provide average, minimum, and maximum hourly wages for employees, and the number of temporary workers.
Disclosure of any labor and safety violations at the plants is required.
Changing a vehicle production location after contract signing requires agency approval and union notification.
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