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Strike a 'Victory for Autoworkers,' Not Necessarily for Consumers

Car prices could jump more than $1K to pay for new labor costs, one auto expert says

(Newser) - General Motors, the final holdout in the United Auto Workers strike, finally caved this week, reaching a tentative agreement with workers that would bring to an end six weeks of strikes that targeted GM, Ford, and Stellantis—the so-called Big Three of Detroit. Details for all of the automakers' agreements...

Amid Strikes, Some Question UAW Leader's End Game

Shawn Fain is famously combative, and worries grow he will refuse any compromise

(Newser) - Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit's automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain. Armed with a list of what even Fain has called "audacious" demands for better pay and benefits, the UAW leader has...

UAW Has Another Strike on Its Hands

4K Mack Trucks workers walk off the job after union rejects tentative deal on Sunday

(Newser) - Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company. The United Auto Workers said 4,000 unionized workers walked out at 7am, reports the AP , adding to labor turmoil in the industry that has ensnared...

UAW Reports Tim Scott to Labor Board

SC senator backed firing striking federal workers in 'textbook unfair labor practice'

(Newser) - South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott may be vying for the White House, but he may sooner find himself in front of the National Labor Relations Board, according to the Intercept . Asked about the United Auto Workers strike against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis during a campaign event in Iowa on...

Deadline Passes With No Deal, and UAW Strike Begins

13K US auto workers stopped making vehicles Friday

(Newser) - About 13,000 US auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn't bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit's three automakers are willing to pay, the AP reports. Members of the United Auto Workers union began...

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