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Who Actually ‘Won’ the UAW Strike? Are Union Pay Bumps Sustainable?

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Despite rampant talk about how the United Auto Workers’ stand-up strike and its resulting deals would bankrupt the automotive sector, the union strategy appears to have ended up costing the industry less than the labor strike GM endured all by its lonesome in 2019. Ford said union complications cost it roughly $1.3

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What's the Deal? UAW Strike Deadline Nears With No Contracts Signed

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But Fain has said the Blue Oval’s proposed cost-of-living adjustments were unacceptable, adding that the possibility of a strike remains very real for all automakers. When GM workers went on strike in 2019, you saw gross state product drop in Michigan in the fourth quarter, while in the rest of the country it was largely unaffected.