On this week’s Macrodose, Sarah Jaffe digs deeper into the United Auto Workers strike  (1:01) and a listener question - how can care and teaching jobs challenge our assumptions about trade union struggles (15:13)?

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Sarah’s list of further reading:

https://jacobin.com/2023/08/shawn-fain-uaw-big-three-automakers-thirty-two-hour-workweek 

https://prospect.org/labor/2023-09-07-auto-workers-contract-talks-stellantis-threatens-move-south/ 

https://inthesetimes.com/article/ultium-cells-uaw-gm-ford-stellantis-electric-vehicles

https://newrepublic.com/article/175507/uaw-electric-vehicles-strike-workers

https://uaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ultium-White-Paper.pdf 

https://newrepublic.com/article/154129/general-motors-plant-closed-lordstown-ohio-road-not-taken 

https://newrepublic.com/article/155466/lordstown-ohio-general-motors-strike-contract-vote

https://dilettantearmy.com/articles/minor-victories-labor-exploitation-and-the-affirmation-trap 

https://www.redpepper.org.uk/back-in-action-report-on-the-us-labour-movement/ 

https://prospect.org/labor/workers-rally-against-trumps-broken-promises/ 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/joe-biden-is-about-to-go-where-no-president-has-gone-before/ 
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/24/business/auto-workers-strike-job-security/index.html