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UAW
September 15, 2023
Timothy Noah
Can the UAW Transform America Again?
By thinking big, Shawn Fain is summoning memories of Walter Reuther and the autoworkers’ union’s finest hour.
September 14, 2023
Kate Aronoff
J.D. Vance Doesn’t Care About Autoworkers
Neither the American auto industry’s endless quest for profits nor the global economic forces shaping supply chains fit neatly into the box of standard GOP talking points.
September 13, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Electric Vehicles Have Become a Weapon in the War on Autoworkers
How the greenest vehicles on the roads became the biggest flash point in a labor battle that could lead to a precedent-shattering UAW strike.
September 1, 2023
Timothy Noah
Labor Chief Shawn Fain Worries the Big Three—and the White House
The United Autoworkers’ audacious new president means business—and has September 14 circled on his calendar.
July 3, 2023
Patrick George
The Bitter Conclusion of Trump’s Failed Flirtation With Electric Vehicles
Trump once used the promise of an electric future to further his own political gains—while leaving Ohio workers in the lurch.
February 17, 2020
Andrew Schwartz
A Wildcat Strike Grows out of a Housing Crisis
In Santa Cruz, an unauthorized graduate student strike threatens to spill into its second week, with no clear resolution in sight.
September 18, 2019
Nick Martin
GM Workers Strike to Get Back What the Recession Stole
Eleven years ago, the UAW threw General Motors a lifeline. Now, workers wonder if they can trust the union and the company to honor their sacrifice.
June 24, 2019
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Sarah Jaffe
The Road Not Taken
The shuttering of the GM works in Lordstown will also bury a lost chapter in the fight for workers’ control.
November 5, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
You Know Unions Are Weak When Disgruntled Autoworkers Can't Oust a GOP Governor
September 1, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Happy Labor Day. Are Unions Dead?
An interview with Rich Yeselson, labor strategist and expert
February 18, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Bob Corker Devastated Organized Labor in Chattanooga. Let It Be a Lesson.
March 5, 1962
Selig S. Harrison
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