Strikers are protesting what they say are years of ‘slow-walked’ contract negotiations and unfair wages.
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Ford and Stellantis workers join those at GM in approving contract settlement that ended UAW strikes
Workers at Ford voted 69.3% in favor of the pact, which passed with nearly a 15,000-vote margin in balloting that ended early Saturday. Earlier this week, GM workers narrowly approved a similar contract.
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Vote on tentative contract with General Motors too close to call as more tallies are reported
Workers at five large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four year and eight month deal by fairly large margins.
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Striking workers at Woodland Pulp qualify for unemployment
The Maine Bureau of Unemployment Compensation has awarded 80 striking workers at Woodland Pulp eligibility for unemployment benefits after the paper mill hired temporary workers to fill the empty positions.
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UAW members at first Ford plant to strike overwhelmingly approve new contract
Members of Local 900 at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, voted 81% in favor of the deal, according to Facebook postings by local members.
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AP sources: Auto workers and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal that follows model set by Ford
The deal, which still has to be ratified by members, leaves only General Motors without a contract with the union.
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General Motors and Stellantis in talks with United Auto Workers to reach deals that mirror Ford’s
GM is likely to be the next company to settle because it has agreed to pull new electric vehicle battery factories into the UAW’s national contract, which essentially unionizes them.
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Health care strike over pay, staff shortages heads into final day with no deal in sight
Workers were expected to return to their jobs Saturday in hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans.
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Thousands of workers join what’s expected to be largest health care strike in U.S. history
Picketing has begun at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 workers who say understaffing is hurting patient care go on strike in 5 states and the District of Columbia.
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Autoworkers aren’t striking only for higher wages. They want their pensions back, too
Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., and Stellantis NV are determined to consign pensions to the past even as striking UAW members are just as keen to revive them.