The most impactful strikes in history — for better or worse

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Workers from Amazon, Walmart, FedEx, Target, Instacart, and Amazon's Whole Foods Market went on strike amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 1, 2020.

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Elon Musk says the UAW's strike demands will drive America's big 3 automakers 'bankrupt'

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Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla.

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The Hollywood writers strike is set to end on Wednesday after nearly 150 days

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Writers on strike march with signs on the picket line on day four of the strike by the Writers Guild of America in front of Netflix in Hollywood, California on May 5, 2023.
Hollywood writers hit the picket lines in May. Their guild on Sunday reached a tentative agreement with the group representing the streamers and studios.

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Biden will join striking auto workers on the picket line in Detroit — the first time a sitting US president has done so

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President Joe Biden will join United Auto Workers, the first time a president has ever joined a union in picketing.

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Hollywood's writers strike is on the verge of ending. What happens next?

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Hollywood's writers have tentatively arrived at a deal. What now?

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Striking auto workers are highlighting their CEOs' multi-million dollar pay. Here's how much the top bosses at Ford, GM and Stellantis make

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General Motors CEO Mary Barra's 2022 compensation was worth $28.98 million. It would take a GM worker 362 years to earn that much.

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Car buying was finally getting better. The auto workers' strike will make it bad for everyone again.

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United Auto Workers member Victoria Hall walks the picket line at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.

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Auto workers threaten to strike at more factories if progress isn't made with automakers by Friday

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UAW member pickets during union strike at Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan.
United Auto Workers member Victoria Hall walks the picket line at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. So far the strike is limited to about 13,000 workers at three factories — one each at GM, Ford and Stellantis.

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Ford and GM could be losing $100 million every week with union workers on strike

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United Auto Workers members strike at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan.

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The UAW strike and the inexorable math of electric vehicles

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Robots during the production of the Tesla Model Y in the Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany, October 2021.
Robots during the production of the Tesla Model Y in the Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany, October 2021.

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