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Midwest reels as $102M GM closures put 1,700 union jobs at risk

The latest round of General Motors plant closures is not just a corporate restructuring, it is a $102 million shock to the industrial heartland that puts 1,700 union jobs in limbo. As the automaker ...
Union membership may have fallen from its heyday in the 1950s, but roughly 10 percent of workers belonged to a union in 2019, with industries including utilities and construction having the highest ...
The renewable energy industry in the United States is booming. Prior to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has put millions out of work, over 3 million people worked in clean energy — far more ...
The American labor movement is having a moment. Wage earners across the country in a variety of jobs, from delivery drivers and health care providers to Hollywood scriptwriters and auto plant workers, ...
While Homer Simpson is a member (and at one time was president) of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant trade union, the "I have a union job" quote circulating on a meme does not appear in an episode ...
The “Why Socialists Should Become Teachers” pamphlet, from the Democratic Socialists of America (and written by DSA teachers of West Virginia), is a purrfect antidote to anti-labor organizing. PHOTO ...
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$102M GM plant shutdown guts Midwest, 1,700 union jobs at risk

General Motors' decision to idle a $102 million components plant in the industrial Midwest has landed like a body blow in a region that has already weathered decades of factory closures. The move puts ...