autoworkers
As Detroit celebrates Labor Day, UAW strike against Big 3 auto companies looms
September 5, 2023Michigan union leaders, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, and thousands of workers march side-by-side in Detroit Labor Day parade.
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Auto Workers to battle Detroit’s Big Three on two tier wages
July 27, 2022The UAW, at its convention, also moves toward direct election of officers.
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Auto worker resolve in long strike key to contract gains
October 28, 2019They stayed on the picket lines until all of them finished voting on the contract.
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GM battleground: On the Detroit-Hamtramck picket line with the UAW
October 23, 2019"We GM workers stuck together, fought together, went out on strike—uniting temporary workers with seniority workers, and bringing the Big Three workers (GM, Ford, Chrysler) back together.”
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The Last Cruze: Photo exhibit shows autoworkers’ view of Lordstown shutdown
September 27, 2019Haunting. Partisan. Resilient. Solidarity. These words come to mind when describing LaToya Ruby Frazier's powerful photographic exhibition of Lordstown, Ohio, autoworkers, documenting the shutdown of the General Motors (GM) plant there earlier this year.
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