UAW strike rolls on
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🗓️ 18 September 2023
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The United Auto Workers strike continues. Here's what the Big 3 have to do to end the UAW strike.
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USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison breaks down President Joe Biden's recent messaging on the economy.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Monday, the |
| 0:07.4 | 18th of September, 2023. |
| 0:11.0 | Today, the latest from the UAW Strike, plus the Supreme Court may get involved over January |
| 0:25.8 | 6th, and we look at some of the latest messaging from President Joe Biden and former President |
| 0:31.7 | Donald Trump. |
| 0:39.8 | After a weekend on the picket lines, there's still no deal between United Auto Workers |
| 0:44.3 | and Detroit's big three car makers, but according to some industry insiders, both sides could |
| 0:49.8 | get closer to an agreement sooner than it appears. |
| 0:53.2 | If both sides focus on a few key job provisions, some experts feel that one issue the union |
| 0:59.1 | may have to accept is that it will not win a 32-hour work week for 40 hours of pay. |
| 1:05.6 | But there are other demands the UAW needs to win if the car makers want a quick end to |
| 1:10.3 | the strike and ratification of a tentative agreement, according to one person familiar |
| 1:15.3 | with ongoing contract talks. |
| 1:17.7 | The person who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the talks said that |
| 1:22.0 | the union will not accept any agreement without COLA. |
| 1:26.4 | That's short for cost-of-living adjustment. |
| 1:29.3 | You can hear more about that if you haven't already in Saturday's episode of Five Things, |
| 1:34.0 | with Detroit Free Press and USA Today Automotive Reporter Jamie LaRoe. |
| 1:38.9 | Meanwhile, UAW President Sean Fein said his union's endorsement of President Joe Biden |
| 1:44.8 | has to be earned by the President. |
| 1:47.5 | Biden has often described himself as the most pro-union president in history. |
| 1:52.4 | He's defended the workers' right to strike, and urged companies to share profits with |
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