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The four-decade-old GM plant in Spring Hill has become its own economic engine and a pillar of the state’s manufacturing industry, the first of what today are four automakers operating or building factories in Tennessee.…
After reaching a tentative agreement Saturday with the United Auto Workers union , Chrysler-parent Stellantis is now facing a national labor strike in Canada. U.S. News
United Automobile Workers’ strike has reached Spring Hill. The union announced Saturday evening that it had ordered its workers to walk out of its General Motors Co. assembly plant south of Nashville. Nashville Business News…
At least 500 are dead in what might be the deadliest strike since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. ABC News: Top Stories
The United Auto Workers strike could escalate ahead of the Republican primary debate next week at the Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, California. U.S. News
There’s a certain joy in watching classic “Tonight Show” episodes today. Sure, some of Johnny Carson’s guests died years ago, but seeing them in the prime of their careers provides a fascinating blast from the…
The U.N. meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, was seen as humanity’s last and best chance to keep the all-important goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius alive. International: Top News And Analysis
Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi spoke Thursday as Congress rushes to strike a coronavirus stimulus deal and avoid a government shutdown. International: Top News And Analysis
The deal, which will still need to be approved by the judge overseeing the bankruptcy process, provides for an approximately 30% average haircut for all $ 35 billion. U.S. News
Auto parts makers in Tennessee have been spared from mass layoffs so far during the GM strike, partly because of decisions made a decade ago. GANNETT Syndication Service
