06.59 EDT No 10 confirms that Sunak to deliver his speech on anticipated net zero policies U-turn this afternoon No 10 has now confirmed that Rishi Sunak will deliver a speech on the changes to his net zero policies in Downing Street this afternoon. Unless the reporting has all been 100% wrong, and no one from… Continue reading Sunak holds emergency cabinet meeting on net zero plan after backlash from left and right – UK politics live
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Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen | Robert Reich
‘As I travel around the country, I hear from average working people an anger and bitterness I haven’t heard for decades.’ Photograph: Matthew Hatcher/AFP/Getty Images ‘As I travel around the country, I hear from average working people an anger and bitterness I haven’t heard for decades.’ Photograph: Matthew Hatcher/AFP/Getty Images Strikes aren’t bad for the… Continue reading Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen | Robert Reich
‘We build those cars’: US workers on Ford picket line demand a fair share
Striking United Auto Workers walk the picket line outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Friday. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters Striking United Auto Workers walk the picket line outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Friday. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters ‘We build those cars’: US workers on Ford picket line demand… Continue reading ‘We build those cars’: US workers on Ford picket line demand a fair share
UAW strike: Bernie Sanders commends ‘fight against corporate greed’ – video
Play Video The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said US motor workers were ‘fighting against corporate greed’ as he spoke in support of the biggest automotive industry strike in decades. Speaking to members of the United Auto Workers union at a rally in Detroit, Michigan, Sanders said it was reasonable for employees at the largest US… Continue reading UAW strike: Bernie Sanders commends ‘fight against corporate greed’ – video
UAW strike: union to resume contract negotiations on Saturday – as it happened
17.19 EDT Bernie Sanders at UAW rally: ‘The average American worker today is worse off than he or she was 50 years ago’ “Despite record breaking corporate profits, despite corporate America spending hundreds of billions on dividends and stock buybacks, the average American worker today is worse off than he or she was 50 years ago,”… Continue reading UAW strike: union to resume contract negotiations on Saturday – as it happened
‘A fight against corporate greed’: Bernie Sanders rallies with UAW in Detroit
UAW strike: Bernie Sanders commends ‘fight against corporate greed’ – video ‘A fight against corporate greed’: Bernie Sanders rallies with UAW in Detroit Senator kicks off United Auto Workers’ largest strike against US’s big three carmakers amid record company profits US car workers striking against the nation’s three biggest automakers “are waging … a fight… Continue reading ‘A fight against corporate greed’: Bernie Sanders rallies with UAW in Detroit
‘This is history’: car workers walk out in biggest auto strike in generations – video report
Play Video Auto workers in the US have launched a historic series of strikes after their union failed to reach an agreement with the country’s three largest vehicle manufacturers. The disagreement over a new contract saw workers at Ford, Stellantis and GM plants called out from the shop floor to the picket lines shortly after… Continue reading ‘This is history’: car workers walk out in biggest auto strike in generations – video report
‘We’re not asking to be millionaires’: workers strike at US car giants – video
Play Video 0:53 Car workers have launched a series of strikes after their union failed to reach agreement on a new contract with the three largest US vehicle manufacturers, kicking off the country’s most ambitious industrial action in decades. The deadline for talks between the United Auto Workers union (UAW) and the car manufacturers Ford,… Continue reading ‘We’re not asking to be millionaires’: workers strike at US car giants – video
Cars! Destroying the planet yet so convenient | First Dog on the Moon
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Auto workers strike after contract talks with US car giants fail
00:53 ‘We’re not asking to be millionaires’: workers strike at US car giants – video Auto workers strike after contract talks with US car giants fail United Auto Workers union unable to agree deal with Ford, GM and Stellantis, who have seen profits and executive pay soar Auto workers have launched a series of strikes… Continue reading Auto workers strike after contract talks with US car giants fail