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![The GM logo is seen at the General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant in Arlington, Texas, on July 13, 2009.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1024-gm-400x300.jpg)
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.
![Workers picket outside of PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/IMG_69911-400x300.jpg)
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.
![Factory for the production of food from poultry meat. Gloved hands over raw chicken on conveyer belt.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1024-poultry-plant-400x300.jpg)
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.
![Two strikers stand outside holding signs reading "UAW STAND UP: COLA AND FAIR PAY NOW" during an outdoor rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1023-uaw-strike-400x300.jpg)
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.
![A Chevron location](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1023-chevron-gas-400x300.jpg)
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.
![A cab driver in New York holds up a sign saying "Feed Your People, Let Us Live"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1231088351-400x300.jpg)
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.
![Striking United Auto Workers march in front of the Stellantis Mopar facility in Ontario, California](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1691136906-400x300.jpg)
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.
![The entrance to Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, is pictured in London on October 1, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1020-bbc-400x300.jpg)
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.
![Protestors participate in a demonstration to support Gaza outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1020-ceasefire-400x300.jpg)
Unions and Workers Are Increasingly Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza
Labor groups in the U.S. and abroad are responding to a call for solidarity from a coalition of Palestinian unions.
![A Pro-Palestine supporter holds a placard saying "No Pride In Apartheid" during a rally in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 16, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1019-protest-400x300.jpg)
Law Firms Rescind Job Offers From Pro-Palestine Students at Harvard, Columbia
Attorneys have condemned the retaliation against pro-Palestine law students by law firms.