Our members provide meaningful career paths that create wealth, security, and opportunities for American families in all 50 states.
Employees are afforded competitive wages, comprehensive benefits, skills training, and growth opportunities, from the shop floor to facility management. And these opportunities are driven forward by international automakers’ investments in upskilling and reskilling through workforce development programs.
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) proudly celebrated its 20th anniversary with a Team Member Appreciation Day on May 3, 2025, on the HMMA campus. The large event brought together HMMA team members, their families, and special community guests for a day filled with family activities, plant tours, prize raffles, musical entertainment, and a closing fireworks display.
Attendees enjoyed carnival rides, games, inflatables, bingo, and a variety of free food and drinks. The day’s main event was a special live musical performance by Jermaine Dupri and Friends.
The Honda U.S. family of companies announced that it is enhancing its longstanding support for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts across the nation by joining nonprofit’s Annual Disaster Giving Program, which helps ensure the organization can respond to the more than 65,000 disasters that take place each year. The annual Honda contribution of $1 million went into effect April 1, 2025.
July marked a historic milestone at Kia Georgia’s assembly plant in West Point as team members gathered to celebrate the start of assembly of the all-electric 2025 EV9 three-row SUV, the first saleable electric vehicle assembled in the state of Georgia. The vehicle was introduced by SeungKyu (Sean) Yoon, President and CEO for Kia North America and Kia America, then driven off the assembly line by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and James Watson, Kia Georgia’s Vice President of Production.
“Marty and I were privileged to be part of this monumental accomplishment by the Kia Georgia team,” said Governor Kemp. “This expansion of Kia’s operations in our state and the addition of this incredible new product line to the vehicles already being built in West Point is just the latest example of what comes from state and local partners working with this valued job creator. I want to congratulate the Kia Georgia team members on today’s achievement and thank them for choosing the Peach State yet again as we work to become the e-mobility capital of the nation.”
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing knows that to get people to come to work and to make the decision to do that, they need support. Childcare consistently presents itself as a challenge that doesn’t have easy solutions on both sides of the equation. Together, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing and TOOTRiS are providing employees with a solution that allows women and single parents to reenter the workforce.
Watch here to learn more about the partnership between MTM and TOOTRiS.
