Prolonged UAW Strike Could Impact Site Selection Decisions It is early days for a United Auto Workers strike that has halted work at three facilities in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri, but a protracted stoppage could reveal implications of union-friendliness for site selection and corporate growth. Depending on how long the strike lasts, it has the potential to impact long-term site selection in the auto industry, especially as carmakers transition to electric vehicle production, according to site selection experts. “From a site selection perspective, this really puts an exclamation point on the attractiveness of right-to-work locations,” said John Boyd, a site selection specialist and principal of The Boyd Co. 
“The center of gravity for the auto industry over the last 20 or 30 years has become the South, where there are fewer concerns about labor disruptions,” Boyd said, adding that as the industry converts to electric vehicle production, the cost of labor will be even more critical as a… Read the full story here. | 
