UAW hits GM again, striking at automaker's largest plant

The United Auto Workers escalated its strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers for the second day in a row on Tuesday, this time targeting General Motors' largest and most profitable facility. Hours after GM reported its third-quarter earnings, the union announced it is shutting down the company's Arlington Assembly plant in Texas, sending its 5,000 workers there off the production lines and onto the picket lines. "Another record quarter, another record year. As we’ve said for months: record profits equal record contracts." UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement...