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GM workers in Silao, Mexico speak out after co-worker loses his leg
Sergio concluded, “It’s a tragedy for the worker and his family ... Just during 2020, workers reported to the WSWS that at least 13 GM workers died due to COVID-19, including one who ...
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GM Issues Statement After UAW Worker Fatally Struck By Car While Striking
According to the Detroit Free Press, union worker Roy A ... the employee’s family and all who are impacted by this tragedy. General Motors is committed to employee safety and plant leadership ...
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John Bidle, Lansing area native and GM worker, ‘died a hero’ in Tennessee rampage
John Bidle was well-known on the Lansing car scene and "the biggest teddy bear." He was killed outside his home in Columbia, ...
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'It's a day of prayer': UAW picketer struck by car, killed outside Spring Hill GM plant
A United Auto Workers picketer was struck and killed ... the employee’s family and all who are impacted by this tragedy. General Motors is committed to employee safety and plant leadership ...
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UAW picket struck by car, killed outside GM plant in Tennessee
"It makes you more aware, that's for sure," GM worker Eric Blackmore said ... We just keep on going, even though it's a tragedy no matter how you look at it." Strikers near the GM mansion between ...
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GM Fined $325,000 For Death Of St. Catharines Plant Worker In 2021
“This is obviously a monumental tragedy for the family members ... unfortunately, work such as what occurs at the GM of Canada company carries with it, at times, an inherent danger.” ...
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GM skilled trades worker killed at Defiance, Ohio factory
Just before Christmas David Scott Ford, a contract worker, was killed on the assembly line at the GM Fairfax, Kansas facility. In the wake of the Defiance tragedy, GM only offered perfunctory ...
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A week in, these GM strikers are worried but determined: 'This is America'
Background: GM workers on strike fight for benefits as ... devolved into an industrial Midwest tragedy. It is the hometown of Michael Moore, whose 1989 documentary film "Roger & Me" demanded ...
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Will Mexican GM Workers Get a Fair Union Election?
Days later, at the CTM-represented GM facility in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, workers got a 10.8 percent raise days—suggesting the CTM and the company waited to match what workers at Silao won.
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GM UAW Workers Approve Strike-Ending Deal, Ford and Stellantis Up Next: What You Need to Know
The autoworker strike is over, but its effects may reverberate for a while. Update November 16:After a nail-biting round of ratification votes, workers at GM workers narrowly approve the new labor ...
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General Motors workers are voting against the UAW contract
The tentative contract between the United Auto Workers and General Motors was in danger of being voted down Wednesday after three large local plants joined two others to oppose the deal.