The UAW Strike with GM CEO Mary Barra & the Secret to Happiness with Arthur Brooks 9/15/23

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🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Thousands of United Auto Workers members are now on strike after the big three Detroit automakers GM, Ford, and Stellantis failed to reach deals with the union by their deadline. CEO of General Motors Mary Barra explains to CNBC’s Phil LeBeau why she’s frustrated with the negotiations. Plus, host of “How to Build a Happy Life,” Harvard professor, The Atlantic contributing writer, and now co-author of a new book with Oprah Winfrey, Arthur Brooks has dedicated his career to cracking the code on happiness. He explains how we can change the way we think about success and the way we look at ourselves to unlock and build a better life. Mary Barra - 11:55 Arthur Brooks - 19:01 In this episode: Arthur Brooks, @arthurbrooks Phil LeBeau, @Lebeaucarnews Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squack Pod and I'm C. M.C. producer Cameron Costa on today's episode.
0:10.0	Tonight for the first time in our history we will strike all three of the big three at once.
0:17.0	The United Auto Workers Union is now on strike against all big three automakers.
0:24.2	Our own autos reporter Phil Le Bow is on the ground in Michigan.
0:28.6	There is support for these workers out here,
0:31.4	not just from the locals who are driving by but you can
0:34.3	tell from the suppliers from the people who are driving those trucks bringing things
0:37.9	in and out of the plan. A conversation with GM CEO Mary Barra on the union's demands and why negotiations have stalled.
0:47.0	I'm extremely frustrated and disappointed. We don't need to be on strike right now.
0:51.0	Plus the secret to happiness.
0:55.0	Happiness Professor Arthur Brooks has authored a new book on building the life you want with
1:01.0	Oprah Winfrey.
1:02.0	My students say, look, I can manage money.
1:04.5	I can manage a company, but I can't manage my feelings.
1:07.0	And the reason is because we don't understand the way our emotions work.
1:10.0	How you can live a happier life and why we're so preoccupied with unhappiness in the first place.
1:18.0	He finally actually found the secret of happiness by not looking at himself anymore.
1:22.0	That's the secret is look out at the world
1:24.3	in a sense of awe.
1:26.7	It's Friday, September 15, 2023,
1:29.8	and Squawkpad begins right now.
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