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How the UAW Broke Ford’s Stranglehold Over Black Detroit

Paul Prescod Jacobin
In the early 1900s, Ford Motor Company commanded strong loyalty from Detroit’s black workers. But the United Auto Workers broke Ford’s stranglehold through patient organizing, cementing an alliance that would bear fruit for decades.

The Real Issue in the UAW Strike

Ronald Brownstein The Atlantic
Unions fear that the auto industry is using the transition toward EVs to advance a second shift away from well-paying jobs.
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