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Welcome to the Tudor Dixon podcast. We are a week into the United Auto Worker Strike and many

folks are wondering what exactly that means for industry in this country. And some probably

haven't even realized how damaging it could be, but one guy who keeps up on everything automotive

is Henry Payne. Henry is a 30-year newspaper veteran and current auto columnist and critic

for the Detroit news. He is also the host of 910 AM Detroit Radio's CAR radio program

and a Pulitzer Prize nominated cartoonist. Let's talk everything automotive. Welcome,

Henry. Thank you so much for being here today. Hey, Tudor, good to be with you.

So obviously we're talking a lot these days about the UAW strikes. We see that political folks

on both sides are getting involved in it. But in Michigan, I know that I've been talking to some

of the suppliers to the automotive industry and they're getting a little nervous. We know that

today there's talks of continued strikes and expanded strikes if a deal is not reached.

And it looks like a deal may not be reached because it seems like two sides are still

fairly far apart. So from your perspective as an expert in the industry, what do you see

happening in these states that are very reliant on the automotive industry?

I think this is a huge strike. I think this is going to go on for a while. Sean Fein,

who was the head of the UAW has been very militant. He struck three automakers at the same time.

This is historic. Never happened before in the 80-year history of UAW Detroit three relations.

So I think it's very serious. Those plants are major volume plants, major profit producers

for all three automakers. So the Fort Bronco plant here in Michigan, the Cheap Toledo plant,

huge plant in Ohio and the truck assembly for GM and Missouri. So these are massive plants,

big profit centers. The ripple effects are already being felt across the country because

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