G.M.’s Contract Deal With U.A.W. Faces Surprisingly Stiff Opposition
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G.M.’s Contract Deal With U.A.W. Faces Surprisingly Stiff Opposition

Many longstanding General Motors workers have been voting against the tentative accord, which they feel insufficiently improves retirement benefits.
Exxon Mobil Plans to Produce Lithium in Arkansas
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Exxon Mobil Plans to Produce Lithium in Arkansas

The move is the oil giant’s first foray in the production of a metal vital for electric vehicle batteries.
‘Our Family Can Have a Future’: Ford Workers on a New Union Contract
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‘Our Family Can Have a Future’: Ford Workers on a New Union Contract

A couple who work at a Ford factory that was on strike for 41 days said the terms of a tentative contract agreement would be transformative for them.