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GM Strike Risk at 12-Year High Approaching Weekend Deadline

  • UAW wants work allocated to U.S. factories at risk of closing
  • Federal corruption probe into union leadership clouds talks
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Why the Risk of a GM Strike Is So High Right Now
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Union leaders from General Motors Co. factories across the country are flying into Detroit this weekend to either agree to take a proposed labor contract offered by the automaker to their members for a vote, or go on strike.

For United Auto Workers union rank-and-file emboldened by a U.S. president who’s criticized the company for closing plants and cutting workers, there are at least even odds for GM’s first walkout in a dozen years.