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![Striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) members picket with striking SAG-AFTRA members outside Netflix studios on September 22, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0925-wga-400x300.jpg)
Writers Secure Gains in Tentative Deal With Hollywood After Months-Long Strike
The tentative agreement includes compensation boosts for streamed content and rules restricting the use of AI.
![A man raises a sign with arms outstretched that reads "UAW Stand Up COLA and Fair Pay Now"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0918-UAW-400x300.jpg)
Amid Historic Strike, GM and Ford Announce Plans to Lay Off Workers
"They could double our wages and not raise the prices of vehicles, and … would still make billions,” said UAW president.
![Supporters and workers cheer as United Auto Workers members go on strike at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant on September 15, 2023, in Wayne, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1667152310-400x300.jpg)
Autoworkers at All of the Big 3 Go on First-Ever Simultaneous Strike
Thirteen thousand workers walked out of three assembly plants in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri.
![Bernie Sanders speaks passionately to rallying United Auto Worker members, one of whom are holding signs reading "UAW ON STRIKE"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0914-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Bernie Sanders Slams Corporate Media Coverage of UAW Strike
Detroit automakers raked in $250 billion as wages stagnated over the last decade, but the media fret about strikes.
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Unionized Autoworkers Are Taking on a Three-Headed Behemoth of Big Capital
The bosses who are blocking the auto workers’ demands are also architects of war and oil-driven planetary destruction.
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The Law Was Used to Crush the Industrial Workers of the World a Century Ago
Many workers today are finding that the law remains a cage in exactly the way the IWW anticipated, says Ahmed White.
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Inside the Struggles and Organizing at Retail Giant Lowe’s
Understaffing leads to frustration for customers and burnout for employees.
![United Automobile Workers (UAW) members and their supporters gather for Solidarity Sunday at the UAW Region 1 office in Warren, Michigan, on August 20, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0825-uaw-400x300.jpg)
97 Percent of UAW Workers at Big 3 Automakers Vote to Authorize a Strike
"The Big Three have been breaking the bank while we have been breaking our backs,” said the UAW's new president.
![A United Parcel Service driver makes a delivery along the coast of Cape Cod on July 24, 2023, in Orleans, Massachusetts.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0821-UPS-400x300.jpg)
UPS Labor Contract Is Historic, But Is It Enough? Some Workers Say No.
Even with the potential new wage increase, the 60 percent part-time workforce at UPS would still make “poverty pay.”
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WGA, SAG-AFTRA Strike Remains Strong After Over 100 Days on the Picket Line
The striking unions have pledged to continue its work stoppage until it reaches a fair deal.