Sep 20, 2019

The GM strike marches on

A General Motors employee carries strike signs outside of the United Auto Workers Local 163 in Westland, Michigan, on Sept. 15. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images

Plus: Why grad students might lose their ability to unionize, and what items will be exempt from tariffs.

Segments From this episode

From an idled GM plant to a UAW picket line

by Tracey Samuelson

Sep 20, 2019

The No. 1 issue on this assembly line worker's strike agenda? End GM's use of temporary workers.

Members of the United Auto Workers Union picket outside the General Motors assembly plant on Sept. 16 in Wentzville, Missouri.

Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images

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When corporate outings become work

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal

Sep 20, 2019

Are they just another opportunity for performance review?

Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

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Are graduate students also employees?

by Ben Bradford

Sep 20, 2019

A proposed rule by the National Labor Relation Board says no, although those students often do perform core university functions.

Yale students walk through the New Haven, Connecticut, campus in 2018.

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Music from the episode

Juice Lizzo

Dear To Me Electric Guest

Sister Owls Monster Rally

Pass The Peas The J.B.'s

Relief in Believing Jon Ososki

Midas Era Lord Finesse

Darling Real Estate

J-Boy Phoenix

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Daisy Palacios Senior Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer

Sean McHenry Associate Producer

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