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Autoworkers union pushes for 32 hour workweek

by Matt Levin
Aug 28, 2023
It may be a strategy to cope with the electric vehicle transition.
UAW President Shawn Fain speaks to members at an event in Warren, Michigan. The UAW's contract with the Big Three automakers is set to expire in just a few weeks.
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What's behind the UAW's demand for a 40% worker raise?

by Henry Epp
Aug 7, 2023
The union is making its case for the increase citing the higher cost of living and strong auto industry profits.
United Auto Workers rally at a Ford plant in July. The UAW is pushing for a 40% pay increase in its next contract with GM, Ford and Stellantis.
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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.
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The last time GM workers went on strike, it was a different economic climate

by Erika Beras
Sep 17, 2019
The country was heading into the Great Recession during the 2007 walkout. A lot has changed for the company and the economy.
Jennifer Odum, a United Auto Workers member who is employed at the General Motors Flint Assembly plant in Michigan, sits on the curb as she strikes on Sept. 16.
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What GM workers are thinking as they join picket lines

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 16, 2019
"We're getting little pennies compared to [GM executives]," one worker told Marketplace's Tracey Samuelson.
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No deal: Auto workers strike against GM in contract dispute

by Associated Press
Sep 16, 2019
Workers shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nine states across the U.S., as well as 22 parts distribution warehouses.
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) who are employed at the General Motors Co. Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, hold signs and react as workers drive out of the plant as they go on strike early on September 16, 2019.
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UAW workers reject Fiat contract over dual-pay system

by Scott Tong
Oct 1, 2015
The union OK'd lower pay for new hires in desperation. Now it wants one level.
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Autoworkers want to make up for long wage freeze

by Adam Allington
Dec 10, 2014
Automakers' profits are up, in part because assembly-line wages are down.
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Volkswagen deal revs up union hopes in the South

by Blake Farmer
Nov 14, 2014
The UAW is trying to organize workers in the South, where auto jobs are growing.
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Auto union regroups after defeat in Tennessee vote

by David Brancaccio
Feb 17, 2014
The autoworker's union in the wake of the Tennessee vote.
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