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UAW once again expands its historic strike, hitting two of the Big 3 automakers

The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against Ford and GM, but not Stellantis after the company formerly known as Chrysler made last-minute concessions.

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Auto workers union to announce plans on Friday to expand strike in contract dispute with companies

The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit’s three automakers

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Canadian autoworkers ratify new labor agreement with Ford

Canadian autoworkers have ratified a new labor agreement with Ford Motor Co., averting a threatened strike

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Biden to make rare presidential visit to striking workers days before Trump event in Michigan

The president’s visit will come days before his predecessor and probable rival in 2024 makes a speech to striking workers instead of attending GOP debate

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The UAW strike is growing. What you need to know as more auto workers join the union's walkouts

The United Auto Workers’ strike is getting bigger

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UAW significantly ramps up strikes against GM and Stellantis — but not Ford

UAW workers at 38 GM and Stellantis faciilties across 20 states walked off their jobs, though Ford was not hit with new strikes. President Biden is set to attend a picket line next week.

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US automakers call worker demands 'untenable' as deadline for strike expansion looms

The United Auto Workers and the US's Big Three carmakers remain far apart in their negotiations as time is running out before the union plans to escalate its strike on Friday. Last week, workers walked off the job at three plants, each belonging to Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. Also…

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Trump plans to meet with striking autoworkers in Michigan instead of attending second GOP debate

Former President Donald Trump will travel to the battleground state of Michigan next week to meet with striking autoworkers instead of participating in the second Republican presidential debate

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Why Janet Yellen isn't worried about the $33 trillion national debt

Yellen looks at one key statistic to determine if the U.S.'s national debt is sustainable, and she says it's "at a very reasonable level.”

Fortune

UAW strike, Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs

Autoworkers are on strike at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, an unprecedented move by the United Auto Workers union. Already, there are ripple effects.

WEKU

The auto workers strike will drive up car prices, but not right away -- unless consumers panic

If the United Auto Workers strike isn't settled soon, consumers will see higher prices for new cars — and not just the ones from Detroit

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Auto worker strike creates test of Biden's goals on labor and climate

The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden's goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions

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With unprecedented strike underway, auto workers want to 'play hardball'

Autoworkers' emotions — from excitement to fear and apprehension — are running high as the United Auto Workers launches an unprecedented strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis at once.

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Stock Index Futures Slide as Investors Look Ahead to Fed Decision, UAW Walkout in Focus

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are down -0.14%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU23) are down -0.28% this morning as investors watched for fallout from a strike initiated by the United Auto Workers union, with the focus now shifting to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision scheduled for next week.

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Stock Index Futures Mixed as Investors Look Ahead to Fed Decision, UAW Walkout in Focus

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are up +0.13%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU23) are down -0.14% this morning as investors watched for fallout from a strike initiated by the United Auto Workers union, with the focus now shifting to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision scheduled for next week.

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Stock Index Futures Mixed as Focus Shifts to Fed Meeting Next Week

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Race against time to avert biggest US autoworker strike in generations

Ford, General Motors and Stellantis push for resolution with UAW union to prevent industry’s biggest strike in generations

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Biden loves to talk about unions. But the autoworkers are withholding their affection

Most of the country's big unions have already endorsed President Biden for reelection. But not the United Auto Workers. A looming strike draws attention to this tension.

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Autoworkers strike would test Biden's 'most pro-union president in US history' assertion

The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden’s treasured assertion that he’s the most pro-union president in U.S. history

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Why the United Auto Workers union is poised to strike major US car makers this week

About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises and the restoration of concessions the workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble

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UAW chief: Union to strike any Detroit automaker that hasn't reached deal as contracts end next week

The head of the United Auto Workers warned that the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Electric vehicles are coming. The UAW must adapt.

The United Auto Workers just launched contract negotiations with the Big Three North American automakers, and few will be surprised if the result is a strike.

The Independent UK

Threats of a strike heating up even before UAW begins negotiations with automakers

Whenever the United Auto Workers union begins negotiating a new contract with Detroit’s three automakers, threats of a strike are typically heard among union members

Tribune News Service

UAW's fight against GM's battery joint venture intensifies with new union report

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers is intensifying its fight against General Motors Co. and partner LG Energy Solution for the "high risk and low pay" it is offering the workforce at its Ultium Cells LLC joint-venture battery cell plant in Warren, Ohio.

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UAW VP: 'We have to start punching back' to save Jeep plant in Illinois

DETROIT — A vice president of the United Auto Workers made an impassioned call Tuesday to save an indefinitely idled Jeep plant in Illinois on day two of the Detroit-based union's bargaining convention.

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