Thursday, September 14, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 14 September 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Thursday briefing: Autoworkers strike; DACA ruling; Libya flooding; Hurricane Lee; aliens in Mexico; and more
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| 0:00.0 | A federal court has once again ruled DACA illegal. The United |
| 0:07.4 | autoworkers could go on strike tonight. And if you're looking for proof of |
| 0:11.6 | aliens, a man presented his discovery to Mexican lawmakers. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Jeff Pierre, and this is the Seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:19.3 | It's Thursday, September 14th. |
| 0:21.7 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:26.8 | The United Auto Workers could go on strike after their contract expires at midnight. |
| 0:32.0 | The Union and the 150,000 |
| 0:34.3 | autoworkers it represents are seeking a 36% pay increase over four years. They |
| 0:39.9 | also want shorter working hours and the restoration of the benefits they lost around the time of the 2008 Great Recession. |
| 0:47.0 | The strike would hit all of Detroit's big three carmakers simultaneously for the first time. |
| 0:52.0 | Starting tonight, the Union could target specific simultaneously for the first time. |
| 0:52.5 | Starting tonight, the Union could target specific factories belonging to Ford, General Motors, |
| 0:58.3 | and Stellantis. |
| 0:59.5 | That's the maker of Jeep and Chrysler. |
| 1:01.9 | It's a tricky situation for President Biden. He's called |
| 1:05.0 | himself the most pro-union president in US history, but he's also eager to |
| 1:09.7 | avoid the economic fallout from a massive strike. |
| 1:13.0 | Number two, a federal court has once again declared DACA illegal. |
| 1:27.0 | That's the program which President Obama started by executive order in 2012. |
| 1:32.0 | DACA stands for deferrederred Action for Childhood Arrivals. |
| 1:36.0 | It gives deportation protection to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as |
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