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General Motors workers struggle with daily expenses as strike continues

Oct 13, 2019 - 8:50 PM

With the General Motors strike in the United States going on for nearly a month now, struggling workers turn to other members of their community for help

Diana Reed, a United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 5960 member that works in the tire room at General Motors (GM) Orion Assembly at her Waterford, Michigan home on October 11, 2019. - Betty Johnson, a veteran of more than 34 working on General Motors assembly lines in Michigan and Tennessee, says she knew a strike by the United Auto Workers against GM would mean personal sacrifice. "Itís not easy," says Johnson. "Iíve got 45 dollars left from my 250 dollars in strike pay. Iím getting ready to hit up my 401K and borrow from myself," she adds she pickets outside the GMís Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. Sheís already contacted the United Way, the local community services organization that helps families in distress, for help in stretching out their utility bills and mortgage payments. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

Auto suppliers hit as General Motors strike in U.S. grinds on

Oct 10, 2019 - 3:35 PM

The General Motors strike is also affecting companies that supply parts, computer systems, and raw materials to GM

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 22, 2019 Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and supporters picket outside of General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Detroit, Michigan. - The auto workers strike at General Motors, now in its third week, has cost the carmaker about $1 billion so far, according to a report released on October 1, 2019. The strike, launched last month by the United Auto Workers, halted US production immediately and Canadian and Mexican facilities were progressively affected soon thereafter, said a report by JPMorgan Chase. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

General Motors strike negotiations take 'turn for the worse' – union

Oct 07, 2019 - 2:25 PM

The United Auto Workers says General Motors 'has shown an unwillingness to fairly compensate' employees

STRIKE. United Auto Workers (UAW) members picket at a gate at the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant after the UAW declared a national strike against GM at midnight on September 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images/AFP

General Motors temporarily lays off 6,000 workers in Mexico due to strike

Oct 02, 2019 - 1:40 PM

The temporary layoffs affect the Silao assembly and transmission plants in central Mexico

Auto workers' strike batters General Motors shares

Sep 17, 2019 - 7:26 AM

Workers from 31 plants opt to walk out after talks between the company and the United Auto Workers Union hit an impasse

FLINT, MI - SEPTEMBER 16: United Auto Workers (UAW) members picket at a gate at the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant after the UAW declared a national strike against GM at midnight on September 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. Nearly 50,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike after their contract expired and the two parties could not come to an agreement. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images/AFP BILL PUGLIANO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP

Scandal-hit Volkswagen also faces US union battle

Apr 26, 2016 - 2:20 PM

The carmaker will challenge a ruling that would allow the United Auto Workers union to negotiate a labor contract for 160 maintenance workers

epa04942153 (FILE) A file photo dated 21 February 2012 shows an exterior view of the Volkswagen automobile assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Volkswagen's shares plunged on 21 September 2015 after US environmental protection authorities threatened to impose fines of up to 18 billion dollars on the carmaker, following its admission of systematically cheating US air pollution tests. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER