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UAW strike at GM, Stellantis continues as Ford strike ends
The United Auto Workers union strike at Ford Motor Company was brought to an end Wednesday when both sides reached a tentative contract agreement, but the auto strike at the rest of the Big Three was still active.
Striking autoworkers were told to return to work at Ford facilities while a tentative agreement reached Wednesday, Oct. 25 was in the process of being ratified. More than 16,000 UAW autoworkers were set start working again at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant, Kentucky Truck Plant, and Chicago Assembly Plant.
But the UAW only reached a deal with Ford on Wednesday amid its nationwide strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers, meaning the strike would continue at General Motors and Stellantis until those companies also reached a deal with the union.
What we know about the mass shooting in Maine so far
A man fatally shot at least 16 people at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, sparking a massive search for a person of interest who is a trained firearms instructor. Meanwhile, authorities urged residents to lock themselves in their homes and schools announced closures on Thursday.
Rare invasive locust intercepted at Detroit port
A rare invasive species of locust was intercepted by U.S. Customs agents during a cargo inspection at the Port of Detroit.
Democrats’ divisions on Israel-Hamas war boil over in Michigan as Metro Detroit Muslims feel betrayed
Many of Michigan’s top Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, took part in a huge pro-Israel rally at a suburban Detroit synagogue days after Hamas’ deadly attack on the country earlier this month, with some of them dancing and joining in chants of “Am Yisrael Chai” — Hebrew for “The people of Israel live.”
None of them attended a rally in nearby Dearborn the next day to show support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who were being killed or forced from their homes by the Israeli military’s response.