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Why the United Auto Workers GM strike is headed for failure

  • Written by Joshua Murray, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
GM autoworkers went on strike on Sept. 15.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

The United Auto Workers union has a long history of successful strikes against General Motors.

The most famous example is the 1936 to 1937 Flint strike that resulted in higher wages and the union being recognized for the first time as the sole collective bargaining representative of...

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