News | Economy & Labor UAW Scores Tentative Contract Deal With General Motors The agreement reportedly includes a general wage increase of 25 percent over four years and cost-of-living adjustments. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams October 30, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Nearly 6 Weeks Into Strike, UAW Wins Historic Tentative Deal With Ford UAW's leadership said the gains achieved amount to four times what workers received in the recently expired contract. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams October 26, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 5,000 GM Workers Walk Out After Company Beats Forecast, Posts Billions in Profit The workers join over 40,000 other UAW members on the picket line in the union’s fifth week of striking. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout October 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Hospital Chain Threatened to Cancel Health Insurance of 1,300 Striking Workers Health care workers in the Pacific Northwest initiated a five-day strike over low pay and understaffing. By Emily Janakiram , Truthout October 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor A Poultry Plant in Ohio Is Under Federal Investigation for Hiring 24 Children “For too long this industry has been given carte blanche to disregard laws,” an advocate told Truthout. By Zane McNeill , Truthout October 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor UAW Expands Strike as Nearly 7,000 Walk Out of Stellantis’s Largest Plant The walkout brings the total number of UAW members on strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to more than 40,000. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams October 23, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Chevron Buys Up Rival Producer in October’s Second Major Fossil Fuel Merger The fossil fuel industry has no intention of slowing down, despite increasingly dire warnings from climate scientists. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams October 23, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Insecurity Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Capitalism. But It Can Spark Resistance. Debt abolitionist Astra Taylor discusses how capitalism’s manufactured insecurity can feed movements for radical change. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout October 22, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor General Motors Vows to Unionize Its Electric Vehicle Operations Amid UAW Strike The deal will cover 6,000 employees at four coming General Motors battery plants. By Katie Myers , Grist October 21, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Six BBC Reporters Taken Off Air for Liking, Posting Pro-Palestine Tweets “As Palestinians lose their lives, Western media loses the last shreds of its credibility,” one observer said. By Zane McNeill , Truthout October 20, 2023 Truthout