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- Union auto workers walked off the job in Texas on Tuesday.
- This latest UAW move brings the total striking worker count to 46,000.
- As the union targets truck and SUV plants in its sixth week, consumers are likely to feel the impacts.
The United Auto Workers union has turned up the heat on General Motors as 5,000 workers walked off their jobs Tuesday at a highly profitable SUV factory in Arlington, Texas.