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Lordstown, Revisited

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On October 23, 2019
Sarah Jaffe has a typically excellent article about how the former GM workers at the shuttered Lordstown plant feel about the deal the UAW made with the company. They aren't real happy. I provided a few words about the matter for the article. In the...
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The UAW and Health Care

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On September 28, 2019
Not that anyone cares anymore, but the United Auto Workers strike is entering its third week tomorrow. I was on NPR's Weekend Edition today to talk about the UAW and health care, a major issue in the conflict. The UAW has managed to hold onto...

UAW Strike

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On September 17, 2019

These have not been great days for the United Auto Workers. The recent closing of several GM plants, including the iconic Lordstown plant, is basically the end of industrial unionism.

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The United Auto Workers has tried to organize southern auto plants for more than 20 years. It has failed in every major campaign, sometimes even when the auto company is encouraging its workers to vote for the union. It's not that unionizing workers is impossible...
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