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...The United Auto Workers on Saturday said it had reached a tentative labour agreement with Fiat Chrysler parent Stellantis, which would raise wages and end a six-week strike....
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...The public nature of the drive is unusual, as organisers ordinarily work in secret to win support from workers at each plant....
...The public nature of the organising drive is unusual, as organisers ordinarily work in secret to win support from workers at a particular plant....
...The president of the United Auto Workers turned biblical when addressing thousands of union members last week, urging them to have faith as they prepared to go on strike against Detroit’s carmakers....
...Ford chief executive Jim Farley said on Friday that the United Auto Workers are refusing to reach a deal because they want to protect future jobs for workers building batteries for electric vehicles....
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