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Shelby’s 800-hp Ford F-150 celebrates Carroll Shelby’s 100th birthday – Autoblog

Carroll Shelby would have turned 100 years old in 2023. The Las Vegas-based tuner Shelby American is celebrating by launching a limited-edition version of the F-150 that features a long list of modifications, including an available supercharger that unlocks 800 horsepower. Based on the four-wheel-drive Lariat SuperCrew model, the Centennial Edition uses the stock truck’s …

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New Video, “Windstorm,” Highlights UAW Fight to Keep Good Jobs in US | UAW

[embedded content] In a new video, UAW President Shawn Fain and UAW Vice President Mike Booth visited Local 292 members at the General Motors Component Holding Plant in Kokomo, Indiana. For fifty years, the plant produced semiconductors, until the work was outsourced overseas to devastating effect in 2017. “This place changed my family’s life,” Fain …

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Back in the Fight: Our Generation’s Defining Moment at the Big Three | UAW

This week, top officers of the UAW participated in the union’s first-ever Unionwide Town Hall, themed “Back in the Fight: Our Generation’s Defining Moment at the Big Three.” The National Town Hall is a new addition to the UAW constitution, passed by delegates at the 2022 Constitutional Convention, “to ensure an open flow of information and …

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STATEMENT FROM UAW VICE PRESIDENT MIKE BOOTH ON ANNIVERSARY OF GM BANKRUPTCY | UAW

“Fourteen years ago this week, General Motors filed for bankruptcy. It was a scary moment for the auto industry, for our country, and for auto workers everywhere. The federal government, the American taxpayer, and – more than anyone – the auto workers rallied to save the iconic company. Auto workers had their wages slashed, lost …

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NIH Fellows Rally, File for Union as They Join National Wave of Union Organizing | UAW

Bethesda, Maryland – Today, 4,800 early-career researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) filed to form their union, NIH Fellows United-UAW. This is the first union within the U.S. federal government for research fellows, which includes postbaccalaureate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral researchers. The NIH is the largest biomedical research institution in the world, and fellows’ …

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UAW President’s Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters | UAW

“While Corporate America cheers on another Supreme Court attack on workers’ rights, this ruling achieves nothing that would undermine the fundamental right to strike,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “Our members’ fight for justice on and off the job won’t be slowed by a court ruling or by corporate greed. While we’re disappointed to see …

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Watch the UAW Unionwide Town Hall on the Big Three Automakers | UAW

[embedded content] Tonight at 6pm ET, we’ll be holding our first-ever UAW Unionwide Town Hall over Zoom. All UAW members, active and retired, are invited to attend. Register here. The National Town Hall is a new addition to our UAW constitution, passed by our delegates at our 2022 Convention, “to ensure an open flow of information and …

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JPMorgan pledges $200 million to suck carbon from the sky – Autoblog

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has made a $200 million commitment to pull carbon from the air. That includes a $20 million purchase from Swiss startup Climeworks for removal services, one of the largest corporate deals of its kind, JPMorgan announced on Tuesday.  Founded in 2009, Climeworks is one of the earliest companies to pursue direct …

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