This is Planet Money from NPR.

This week, unions are in the news again.

50,000 auto workers went on strike against General Motors.

It's the first major walkout in over 10 years.

So it seemed like a great time to replay an episode from 2015.

Our story about the exact same two groups, the United Automobile Workers Union and GM.

It's a story when they clashed in the 30s and it sparked a wave of unionization across

America.

Here it is.

Here's the thing you just don't see that often anymore.

Big strikes.

A company and a union can't agree on a contract.

The workers walk out.

Just doesn't happen that often.

And when it does, it's frankly pretty boring.

Yeah, you see some workers walking around the sidewalk for a few days carrying signs

and maybe at least here in New York, they bring up this giant inflatable wrap they put

outside the company.

But pretty soon, it's over.

You know, the company and the union agree to a new contract.

Everybody goes back to work.

They take the air out of the rat and it's done.

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