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Today's Water Cooler

In the wake of a corruption scandal, the autoworkers' union leadership faces the first contested election in over three-quarters of a century. But the old guard won't go without a fight.

The contract is aimed at setting a precedent for painful new concessions, particularly in health care benefits, throughout the auto and heavy equipment industries.

Was it the pandemic? Was it new disasters from climate change? Was it the fact that employers are still begging for more workers? Whatever it was, workers were ready to throw down this year. In the face of inflation and short-staffing we demanded more money in our paychecks, and more time for our lives outside of work. We organized; we even exercised our strike muscles. And

Workers across many industries defied conventional organizing wisdom in order to gain ground.