The United Auto Workers union is on strike at three different factories. We ask the Wall Street Journal's Nora Eckert what the union workers want, and management professor Marick Masters explains why the Detroit Big Three are reluctant to give it to them.
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United Auto Workers on strike
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Sep 2023
What's at stake in a historic autoworkers strike
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">First it was Hollywood, and now another big union strike is underway. For the first time ever, thousands of United Auto Workers members are striking against Detroit’s Big Three auto companies. </span></p><p ... Show More
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A Breaking Point for the U.S. Auto Industry
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What the UAW Wants From Its Fight With the Big Three
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