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Labor unions have been winning big pay gains this year. In the auto industry, nonunion factories in the South and the rise of electric vehicles have complicated the situation.

Union president Shawn Fain has toughened up the language while trying to unite a divided membership.

Results already in from the first direct leadership election in the UAW’s 88-year history present a sharply divided leadership.

The presidential runoff vote count starts March 1, but results already in from the first direct leadership election in the UAW’s 88-year history present a sharply divided board.

And chances of better pay, more strikes and higher car prices.

And chances of better pay, more strikes and higher car prices.

The presidential runoff vote count starts March 1, but results already in from the first direct leadership election in the UAW’s 88-year history present a sharply divided board.

It highlighted the difficulty of organizing workers. our employees have spoken. it is the latest in a string of losses for the united automobile workers. in 2018, its membership dipped to 395,000. thats down from 430,000 a year earlier. last time was the first time in nine years the union shrank its membership. since the uaws ranks reached a low during the depths of the great recession. president trump did something he has done a few times. he made public a treaty to keep a manufacturing plant o...

I think the pro reform is right now. >> you mentioned chavez, organizing workers and latino and we see what the dreamers are doing, i was looking at the bakersfield, california, had interesting video, dreamers and young people storming mccarthys office just to ask whether they were going to hold a vote on this at this point. that drew him to say something he drew him to say, yeah, well try to do that next year. then john boehner was push the on this in public. i want to quickly play that sound. ...

Derrick johnson, why is this a civil is rights issue?rights is? you have stated that before. why is it that way, in your opinion? >> well, worker rights have always been a civil rights issues. the struggle we had to abolish slavery was about worker rights. the struggles in the 60s was about the right of workers being able to organize. in fact, dr. king was assassinated as he was organizing workers in memphis who wanted the right to have a voice as sanitation workers. so we see worker rights on t...