Andrea Hsu

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An Ohio manufacturing company has found success with a 4-day workweek

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

A global four-day work week trial has yielded success stories, including from one small manufacturing company in Willoughby, Ohio, which has no plans to revert back to its old ways.

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UAW expands its auto strike once again, hitting a key plant for Ram pickup trucks

Monday, October 23, 2023

The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against the automaker Stellantis, calling on 6,800 workers at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant outside Detroit to walk out Monday morning.

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The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more

Friday, October 20, 2023

Five weeks into the autoworkers' strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the automakers have significantly increased their offers but UAW leader Shawn Fain says there's still room to move.

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UAW members aren't all assembling cars. More and more are unionized grad students

Thursday, October 19, 2023

At its peak, the United Auto Workers union had 1.5 million members. Today, the "A" in UAW might as well include academia, as roughly 100,000 of the union's 383,000 members work in higher education.

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Autoworkers used to have lifelong health care and pension income. They want it back

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Retirement security remains a sticking point in the ongoing talks between the United Auto Workers union and the Big 3 automakers. The union wants to see a return of pensions and retiree health care.

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UAW membership is down and half of the members aren't in the auto business

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

The United Auto Workers union once had 1.5 million members. Today, the UAW is down to 380,000 members, and they are in a wide range of industries. More than a quarter work in higher education.

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Retirement benefits are one of the hang-ups in UAW negotiations

Friday, October 13, 2023

But auto workers had retirement benefits for years, and now they want them back. It's one of the sticking points in the talks going on now between the Big 3 automakers and the UAW.

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UAW announces new approach in its historic strike against the Big Three automakers

Friday, October 13, 2023

A month after auto workers first walked off the job, UAW President Shawn Fain said the union will be ready to call for an expansion of its strike against Big Three automakers at any time.

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Breakthrough in UAW strike, but workers prepared to hold out until a fair agreement

Saturday, October 07, 2023

A development in the strike by auto workers against the "Big Three" carmakers — plus, a look at how much financial pain each side can endure, and what that might mean for the length of the strike.

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Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care worker shortages. It's working

Friday, October 06, 2023

To woo workers, Kentucky made child care free for child care workers. It's been an effective way to keep child care centers open and staffed.

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With pandemic relief money gone, child care centers face difficult cuts

Thursday, October 05, 2023

Now that federal emergency funding for child care has expired, daycares face difficult choices about how to operate with less.

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Kentucky found a solution to its day care worker shortage. Other states could follow suit

Saturday, September 30, 2023

The child care sector is hurting for workers and so states are having to look outside the box for solutions. One idea is to make child care free for those who care for our children.

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Child care funding cliff is turning back the clock on gains for workers

Thursday, September 28, 2023

September 30 marks the end of federal emergency funding for child care facilities. After several years of stability, day care centers now face difficult choices about how to operate with less.

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If deadline isn't met, UAW vows to escalate strikes against Big 3 automakers

Friday, September 22, 2023

Hours away from a deadline set by the United Auto Workers union, we'll soon know whether more autoworkers are going to join the strike against the Big 3 automakers.

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UAW has a unique strike strategy. It keeps Detroit Big 3 automakers guessing

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

For the first time, the UAW is on strike against the Big 3 U.S. automakers at once. Workers at three plants have been called out so far, with more to follow Friday if there's no progress on a deal.

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UAW strike, Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs

Monday, September 18, 2023

Autoworkers are on strike at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, an unprecedented move by the United Auto Workers union. Already, there are ripple effects.

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UAW strike enters Day 3: layoffs; talks ongoing

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Auto workers are three days into a strike at the Big Three American automakers. Talks are ongoing, but not a lot of progress has been reported yet. The automakers have announced layoffs in response.

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With unprecedented strike underway, auto workers want to 'play hardball'

Friday, September 15, 2023

Autoworkers' emotions — from excitement to fear and apprehension — are running high as the United Auto Workers launches an unprecedented strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis at once.

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The threatened strike by United Auto Workers nears deadline

Thursday, September 14, 2023

The Big 3 automakers and members of the United Auto Workers scramble to settle on a new contract by 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday, or face a major strike.

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Sky-high CEO pay is in focus as workers everywhere are demanding higher wages

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

As autoworkers' real wages fall, top executives at the Big Three carmakers continue to earn tens of millions of dollars each year — hundreds of times more than the median employee.

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