The UAW agreement with the Big Three builds a base of good jobs in EVs, and could help the entire transition. But interest rates are a huge impediment right now.
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How to Roll the Union On
Today on TAP: Building on workers’ historic victories in auto plants, delivery trucks, hospitals, campuses, and (maybe) Hollywood
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The UAW’s Amazing Win
Today on TAP: The Ford contract has broader implications for the labor movement and for working people.
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UAW Makes the Brave New Economy a Lot More Worker-Friendly
GM’s promise to cover its EV battery factories under the national master agreement gives workers a share of the gains from going electric.
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GM Battery Workers Will Be Union
The union has secured that workers at General Motors’ joint-venture battery plants will be covered under the Big Three master agreement. It’s a major step in a just transition.
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Damp Labor Autumn
Hollywood screenwriters won their strike, while the UAW strike is ramping up. What’s next?
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COLAs Are Great, but Woefully Insufficient
Adjusting wages to the rising costs of living, as the UAW is demanding, is necessary, but the gap between investment income and wages will still keep rising.
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The UAW Strike Could Redefine Biden and the Democrats. Good.
President Biden joined striking workers on the picket line. Former ‘car czar’ Steve Rattner is furious.
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Hooked on Bidenomics
How does the president’s economic policy interact with the auto workers’ strike? David Dayen explains.
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Biden on the Picket Line, Trump in the Wings
The all-but-certain presidential nominees court the nation’s blue-collar voters.