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Along with a raise, the United Auto Workers is looking for a larger voice in investment decisions by General Motors, Ford and FCA U.S.

President Dennis Williams uses this week’s UAW bargaining convention in Detroit to lay out, in broad strokes, the union's position on a host of key issues. However, he declines to talk about specifics, telling reporters the union’s strategy and priorities will unfold during the negotiations. With sales and profits rising, tensions between the UAW and domestic automakers also are rising as union members push to regain some of the power they lost during the industry’s financial crisis that began even before the Great Recession of 2008-2009.

“This is our time,” Williams tells the union delegates. “UAW members from all sectors accepted concessions as many companies were threatened with bankruptcy and profits evaporated.”

 



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