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Were days away from what could be the first major hollywood strike in nearly 15 years. tv and movie shoots could shut down nationwide if a major production workers union and producers dont reach an agreement by monday. the production workers are asking for higher pay, better benefits, longer rest and meal breaks. this isnt the only major worker strike happening or being threatened across the country right now. cnns alison kosik has been tracking all of this for us. what are you seeing, alison? >...

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EMC launches reskilling / upskilling certification training Ontario Manufacturers behind initiative that also delivers onboarding resources December 23, 2020   by Plant Magazine Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) – a unique national not-for-profit industry organization with over 13,000 consortium and online member manufacturers – today announced the launch of new and expanded reskilling and upskilling certification training and onboarding initiative, resp...

Thanks for joining us. >> thank you, maria. maria: youre going into a big week. i understand tuesday will be a vote on spending. wednesday will be a impeachment vote and thursday the vote on usmca. how important was that agreement on usmca and are you expecting it to come to the floor on thursday for that vote? >> well i guess that is the schedule. if it comes to the floor as expected it will pass. i think it will pass handily. maria, you can go all the way back a week ago with the gigantic jobs...

In the most recent month. its much faster than inflation. i know that the trump administration put out a statement about a monk nonsupervisory and production workers, wages are growing even faster than that. youve actually seen during this administration and income inequality lesson or that gap closing because people on factory floors are making more money. weve had a seven month high in consumer sentiment. 1% of people mentioned impeachment. this is what people care about. this of the american ...

>> well, i think first just on the report, at this point in the expansion i think the jobinize itself is less illuminating about how were doing. the unemployment rate is at 3.7%. so success is measured by paying them better. and for production workers wages up by 3.5% last year, thatserary good or getting more people to join the labor force and we had a big jump in that. so i think this is very solid report. whats so interesting about it is it reel does illuminate the contradictions going out on...

Be affected and their families but most disappointed of all are g.m. staff that will be affected here twenty years ive been through closure in scarborough ive been through a closure in london i moved my family twice for this company and they do this to me still. the five g.m. plants will halt production next year laying off thirty three hundred production workers in the u.s. . and about three thousand in canada the company also plans to trim administrative staff by eight thousand. one hundred bi...

Their families but most disappointed of all are g.m. staff that will be affected here twenty years ive been through closure in scarborough ive been through a closure in london i moved my family twice for this company and they do this to me just tell. the five g.m. plants will halt production next year laying off thirty three hundred production workers in the u.s. . and about three thousand in canada the company also plans to trim administrative staff by eight thousand. one hundred billion pounds...

A cost savings program and g.m. which has among other things seen price hikes in steel imports subject to new tariffs additionally the auto giant says it will end production of models with weaker sales and focus on more innovative areas like electro mobility and autonomy vehicles the u.s. president was apparently angry about the announcement that jobs would be lost on twitter he threatened to slash federal subsidies including those aimed at developing electric drive alternatives the canadian pri...