The Ups and Downs of Life on Strike

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This is Joe Travers’s second time being on strike in four years. He walked out in 2019, when the United Auto Workers undertook a 40-day work stoppage against General Motors, where he’s worked since 2015. Now, the plant he works at in Wentzville, Missouri, was among the first targeted by the UAW in its current strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers – GM, Ford, and Stellantis. "We’re not really asking for anything that is shocking, you know?" he says of current contract negotiations.

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