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While car prices and inventories are among the immediate impacts of the dispute, we should be mindful of how all workers are helped or hurt by the eventual outcome.
Michiganders are on the frontlines of the United Auto Workers union’s battle for better wages and benefits. And in Wayne County, workers are preparing for the long haul as the strike against the Detroit Three ticks into its second week.
The strikes will likely chart the future of the union and of America's homegrown auto industry at a time when US labor is flexing its might and the companies face a historic transition from building internal combustion automobiles to making electric vehicles.
The administration’s show of support comes as unprecedented worker organizing — from strike authorizations to work stoppages — hit multiple industries this year, including, transportation, entertainment, hospitality and health care.
The tentative deal represents a huge win for full- and part-time UPS Teamster workers, who would get significant pay raises and better working conditions. If approved by rank-and-file union members, the deal will also avert a strike that could have been one of the “costliest in US history."
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The laws governing Wisconsin’s multibillion-dollar liquor industry would be streamlined and updated under a sweeping measure passed by the state Assembly on Wednesday that’s supported by groups from the smallest craft brewers to the largest national brewers, bar owners and alcohol distributors.
A new report finds that the Inflation Reduction Act will dramatically lower the cost of solar and wind energy projects, create millions of new jobs, and more.
