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Sep 29 2023
News
US autoworkers expanding strike at Ford, General Motors
Union leader says 7,000 more workers will join strike as talks with US auto giants fail to make ‘meaningful progress’. United States autoworkers are expanding their two-week strike to additional locations, with the head of a major union saying 7,000 more workers will join the picket lines as labour talks have failed to advance significantly. United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said
Al JazeeraSep 29 2023
News
UAW expands strike to Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant
The United Auto Workers expanded its strike to Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, instructing 5,500 workers on the city’s Southeast Side to walk off the job at 11 a.m. Friday in the union’s ongoing labor dispute with the Big Three automakers. In an online address to members Friday morning, UAW President Shawn Fain called on the Chicago Ford plant and a GM stamping facility in Michigan to join
Chicago TribuneSep 29 2023
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UAW strikes spread to Chicago Ford assembly plant as 7,000 more workers join the picket line
The United Auto Workers union says its two-week strike against Detroit automakers will spread to 7,000 more workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan. Union President Shawn Fain told workers on a video appearance Friday that negotiations haven’t broken down but Ford and GM have refused to make meaningful progress. Jeep maker Stellantis was
NBC 5 ChicagoSep 29 2023
News
United Autoworkers strikes spread to Chicago and Lansing
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says its two-week strike against Detroit automakers will spread to 7,000 more workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan. Union President Shawn Fain told workers on a video appearance Friday that negotiations haven’t broken down but Ford and GM have refused to make meaningful progress. Jeep maker
NBC 4 WCMHSep 27 2023
News
Republican presidential candidates blame UAW strike on Biden
The first question during Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate focused on the United Auto Workers strike against the country’s Big Three automakers. The candidates directed their criticism at President Biden and the striking union members, with little to no mention of former president Donald Trump — who skipped the debate in favor of making a pitch to working-class Americans. Biden made history
Washington PostSep 26 2023
News
Biden tells striking UAW workers on picket line, ‘you deserve a hell of a lot’
President Biden joined members of the United Auto Workers union on the picket line Tuesday in an unprecedented show of support for workers striking against Detroit’s Big Three automakers. Mr. Biden’s appearance at a General Motors plant in suburban Detroit marked the first time a sitting president has ever walked a picket line in an ongoing strike in solidarity with workers. It is the most
Washington TimesSep 27 2023
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Republicans face growing urgency to stop Trump as they enter the second presidential debate
Republicans are meeting for their second presidential debate on Wednesday as Donald Trump’s top rivals seek to blunt the momentum of the former president, who is so confident of cruising through the party’s primary that he again won’t share a stage with them.
Seven GOP candidates will be at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for an event hosted by Fox Business Network. Trump will be
Associated PressOct 22 2023
Opinion
"Putin's Western fan club" wants to force Eastern Europe into a Russian bearhug
I was born in a country that weathered two dictatorships and underwent five name changes throughout the 20th century. Our enemies have occupied us. Our allies have as well. We Czechs are imbued with many flaws, but holding illusions about international politics is not among them.
It’s been merely three decades since we’ve gained the chance to shape our own destiny, to experience what
SalonJun 15 2023
News
Europe’s new unity on migration
In the past two years, the European Union has made so much progress on difficult problems – Ukraine’s war refugees, energy security from Russian extortion, and the pandemic – that it has built up a reservoir of trust among its 27 member states. Now the bloc is tapping that heightened harmony to tackle one of its most emotional issues: a wave of migrants into Europe’s southern countries. On
Christian Science MonitorMay 22 2023
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Facebook fined €1.2bn for mishandling users' data
Facebook's owner, Meta, has been fined €1.2bn (£1bn) for mishandling people's data when transferring it between Europe and the United States.
Issued by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), it is the largest fine imposed under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation privacy law.
GDPR sets out rules companies must follow to transfer user data outside of the EU.
BBC News