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GM's UAW workers strike

Sep 16, 2019
Davison resident Jeff Elkins, 37 years old, and a General Motors employee who works on the line, waves a United Auto Workers flag as employees leave the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in Flint, Michigan. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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  • Davison resident Jeff Elkins, 37 years old, and a General Motors employee who works on the line, waves a United Auto Workers flag as employees leave the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in Flint, Michigan. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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  • Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) who are employed at the General Motors Co. Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, hold signs as they go on strike early on September 16, 2019. - The United Auto Workers union began a nationwide strike against General Motors on September 16, with some 46,000 members walking off the job after contract talks hit an impasse. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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  • Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) who are employed at the General Motors Co. Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, hold signs and react as workers drive out of the plant as they go on strike early on September 16, 2019. - The United Auto Workers union began a nationwide strike against General Motors on September 16, with some 46,000 members walking off the job after contract talks hit an impasse. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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  • FLINT, MI - SEPTEMBER 16: United Auto Workers (UAW) members picket at a gate at the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant after the UAW declared a national strike against GM at midnight on September 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. It is the first national strike the UAW has declared since 1982. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
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  • UAW members protest as General Motors employees leave the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in Flint, Michigan. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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  • General Motors employees demonstrate outside the Flint Assembly Plant on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Flint, Mich. The United Auto Workers union says its contract negotiations with GM have broken down and its members will go on strike just before midnight on Sunday. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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  • A sign hangs on the fence outside of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 22 that wants General Motors to invest in them on September 15, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. - Local UAW leaders from across the nation met Sunday morning in Detroit after the 2015 General Motors collective bargaining agreement expired Saturday night and opted to strike at midnight on Sunday. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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  • General Motors Co. employee Carl Ellison carries strike signs outside of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 163 which represents GMs Romulus Powertrain on September 15, 2019 in Westland, Michigan. - Local UAW leaders from across the nation met Sunday morning in Detroit after the 2015 General Motors collective bargaining agreement expired Saturday night and opted to strike at midnight on Sunday. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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  • FLINT, MI - SEPTEMBER 16: United Auto Workers (UAW) members picket at a gate at the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant after the UAW declared a national strike against GM at midnight on September 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. It is the first national strike the UAW has declared since 1982. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
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  • Flint resident Jashanti Walker, who has been a first shift team leader in the body shop for two years, demonstrates with more than a dozen other General Motors employees outside of the Flint Assembly Plant on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Flint, Mich. The United Auto Workers union says its contract negotiations with GM have broken down and its members will go on strike just before midnight on Sunday. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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  • United Auto Workers members picket outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. went on strike just before midnight Sunday, but talks between the UAW and the automaker will resume. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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  • United Auto Workers members picket outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., early Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. planned to strike just before midnight Sunday, but talks between the UAW and the automaker will resume. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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  • Davison resident Jeff Elkins, 37 and a GM employee who works on the line, walks across Van Slyke Road proudly waving a UAW flag as General Motors employees leave the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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  • United Auto Workers members picket outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., early Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. planned to strike just before midnight Sunday, but talks between the UAW and the automaker will resume. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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  • Hundreds of General Motors employees drive off the property, shutting down the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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  • Davison resident Jeff Elkins, 37 years old, and a General Motors employee who works on the line, waves a United Auto Workers flag as employees leave the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in Flint, Michigan. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
  • Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) who are employed at the General Motors Co. Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, hold signs as they go on strike early on September 16, 2019. - The United Auto Workers union began a nationwide strike against General Motors on September 16, with some 46,000 members walking off the job after contract talks hit an impasse. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) who are employed at the General Motors Co. Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, hold signs and react as workers drive out of the plant as they go on strike early on September 16, 2019. - The United Auto Workers union began a nationwide strike against General Motors on September 16, with some 46,000 members walking off the job after contract talks hit an impasse. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FLINT, MI - SEPTEMBER 16: United Auto Workers (UAW) members picket at a gate at the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant after the UAW declared a national strike against GM at midnight on September 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. It is the first national strike the UAW has declared since 1982. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
  • UAW members protest as General Motors employees leave the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in Flint, Michigan. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
  • General Motors employees demonstrate outside the Flint Assembly Plant on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Flint, Mich. The United Auto Workers union says its contract negotiations with GM have broken down and its members will go on strike just before midnight on Sunday. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
  • A sign hangs on the fence outside of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 22 that wants General Motors to invest in them on September 15, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. - Local UAW leaders from across the nation met Sunday morning in Detroit after the 2015 General Motors collective bargaining agreement expired Saturday night and opted to strike at midnight on Sunday. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
  • General Motors Co. employee Carl Ellison carries strike signs outside of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 163 which represents GMs Romulus Powertrain on September 15, 2019 in Westland, Michigan. - Local UAW leaders from across the nation met Sunday morning in Detroit after the 2015 General Motors collective bargaining agreement expired Saturday night and opted to strike at midnight on Sunday. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FLINT, MI - SEPTEMBER 16: United Auto Workers (UAW) members picket at a gate at the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant after the UAW declared a national strike against GM at midnight on September 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. It is the first national strike the UAW has declared since 1982. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
  • Flint resident Jashanti Walker, who has been a first shift team leader in the body shop for two years, demonstrates with more than a dozen other General Motors employees outside of the Flint Assembly Plant on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Flint, Mich. The United Auto Workers union says its contract negotiations with GM have broken down and its members will go on strike just before midnight on Sunday. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
  • United Auto Workers members picket outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. went on strike just before midnight Sunday, but talks between the UAW and the automaker will resume. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
  • United Auto Workers members picket outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., early Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. planned to strike just before midnight Sunday, but talks between the UAW and the automaker will resume. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
  • Davison resident Jeff Elkins, 37 and a GM employee who works on the line, walks across Van Slyke Road proudly waving a UAW flag as General Motors employees leave the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
  • United Auto Workers members picket outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., early Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. planned to strike just before midnight Sunday, but talks between the UAW and the automaker will resume. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
  • Hundreds of General Motors employees drive off the property, shutting down the Flint Assembly Plant at midnight as part of the national strike on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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