Workers Win Big as UAW Strike Nears End
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🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Last week, the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement with Ford and Stellantis. |
| 0:11.5 | Signalling that the grueling strike that's been rattling the auto industry was finally |
| 0:15.4 | nearing an end. |
| 0:18.9 | These talks have been ongoing for several months now, and the strike itself stretched |
| 0:23.4 | past six weeks. |
| 0:25.3 | And it has been bruising definitely for the automakers, and it's been very tough for |
| 0:29.1 | the Union as well. |
| 0:31.0 | That's our call, Ignora Eckert, who's been covering the strikes. |
| 0:34.0 | I mean, these negotiators have been meeting at Ford headquarters, Stellantis. |
| 0:39.0 | Some have been sleeping in the buildings overnight. |
| 0:42.0 | And when we think about coming out at the end of it, it's pretty clear that the Union |
| 0:46.6 | has not some significant wins here, gains that they haven't seen in decades. |
| 0:53.7 | While the UAW had deals with Ford and Stellantis, General Motors was still holding out. |
| 0:59.5 | So on Saturday to dial up the pressure, the UAW made a surprise move and called for a |
| 1:05.5 | fresh walk out at another one of GM's plans. |
| 1:08.5 | The United Auto Workers is expanding its strike against General Motors. |
| 1:12.6 | The Union announced Saturday workers at GM's plant in Tennessee will walk off the job. |
| 1:18.2 | And then, just as my conversation with Nora was wrapping up this morning. |
| 1:23.8 | So we're just getting some breaking news right now as we speak that General Motors has reached |
| 1:28.5 | a tentative deal with the UAW. |
| 1:31.5 | Oh my goodness, okay. |
| 1:33.4 | So, you probably need to go. |
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