Sept 4 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers said

Wednesday a battery manufacturing joint venture between GM

and LG Energy Solution has agreed to

recognize the union at a Tennessee plant.

The UAW said a majority of the workers at the Ultium Cells

facility signed cards to join the UAW and the company has agreed

to recognize their union after workers at a Ohio Ultium plant

overwhelmingly voted to join the union in 2022 and won a new

contract earlier this year with significant wage hikes. The

companies did not immediately comment.