Andrea Hsu
Stories
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Amazon, Starbucks worker unions are in limbo, even as UAW and others triumph
Amazon workers formed their first union. And at Starbucks, 380 stores are unionized, but not one has a contract. But the big, established unions have won big raises for workers.
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Coming off big wins at the bargaining table, what's ahead for unions in 2024?
From autoworkers to actors. Nurses to newspaper reporters. More than half a million workers went on strike this year, and many emerged with big wins. Is this a union comeback?
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AI on the job. Some reviews are in. Useful, irresistible, scary
In the year since ChatGPT was released, people have been figuring out what it's good at, what it's not good at, and how AI tools will change how we live and work.
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GM autoworkers' contract appears likely to pass over many workers' objections
Even with pay raises of 25% and other improvements on the table, a large share of General Motors autoworkers are voting to reject the contract reached after a nearly seven-week strike.
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The 4-day workweek: How one Ohio manufacturer is making it work
Of the hundreds of companies that have tried a four-day workweek, very few are manufacturers. Advanced RV in Willoughby, Ohio, is showing how it can be done.
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UAW and Ford reach a tentative deal in a major breakthrough in the auto strike
The UAW reached a tentative labor agreement with Ford, although it still needs to be signed off by UAW's Ford leadership and then ratified by its full member
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UAW expands its auto strike once again, hitting a key plant for Ram pickup trucks
The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against the automaker Stellantis, calling on 6,800 workers at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant outside Detroit to walk out Monday morning.
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The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more
Five weeks into the autoworkers' strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the automakers have significantly increased their offers but UAW leader Shawn Fain says there's still room to move.
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UAW members aren't all assembling cars. More and more are unionized grad students
At its peak, the United Auto Workers union had 1.5 million members. Today, the "A" in UAW might as well include academia, as roughly 100,000 of the union's 383,000 members work in higher education.
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Autoworkers used to have lifelong health care and pension income. They want it back
Retirement security remains a sticking point in the ongoing talks between the United Auto Workers union and the Big 3 automakers. The union wants to see a return of pensions and retiree health care.