President Joe Biden finds himself in an uncomfortable political position, as his green agenda has incentivized the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing push now at the center of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.

The UAW announced late Thursday night that their strike against America’s “Big Three” auto manufacturers is underway, and the conflict between labor and management largely stems from UAW’s concerns that long-term increases in electric vehicle (EV) production will disadvantage UAW workers. [emphasis, links added]

The situation puts Biden, who has long billed himself as a staunch ally of the working man, in a tenuous political position because his sweeping climate agenda is responsible for driving the EV production plans at the heart of the dispute between labor and management.

His administration has committed billions to build out EV charging infrastructure, subsidize EV supply chains, help manufacturers retrofit their plants, and provide tax credits to consumers who make the switch to EVs, all in order to curb emissions in the administration’s whole-of-government approach to countering climate change.

[Even the CBS Evening News was on this to a small degree last night. ~ Beege]