Monday, September 23, 2019

ON STRIKE- GM vs UAW

"What’s at stake for GM and other automakers with UAW strike" PBS NewsHour 9/16/2019

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SUMMARY:  Nearly 50,000 workers at General Motors plants across the country went on strike at midnight Sunday, bringing production to an immediate halt.  It’s the first nationwide work stoppage since 2007 for United Auto Workers, which says it hasn't been able to agree with management on key issues like pay raises and limits on using temporary workers.  John Yang reports and talks to USA Today’s Nathan Bomey.




"Elizabeth Warren joins GM picket line as strike enters day 7" PBS NewsHour 9/22/2019

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SUMMARY:  Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren joined the General Motors strike in Detroit on Sunday, calling for GM to be held “accountable.”  For the last seven days, nearly 50,000 members of the United Automobile Workers Union have gathered at picket lines across the country, in the largest strike in the U.S. in over a decade.  Phoebe Wall Howard of the Detroit Free Press joins Megan Thompson for more.



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