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McDonald Rivet is part of a crowded Democratic field that also includes Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley, Michigan State Board of Education President Pamela Pugh and Michigan Association of Conservation Districts Executive Director Dan Moilanen
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The tension highlighted the challenges ahead for Biden in holding on to this critical battleground state in November over likely rival Donald Trump.
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Biden’s trip to the Detroit area will include meetings with UAW workers just days after the union offered its endorsement. The president’s Michigan schedule does not include any meetings with Arab Americans
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Whitmer talked up successes over the past year citing ending the state tax on pension income, boosting the state earned income tax credit, and signing a budget that included universal school lunches from pre-kindergarten through high school
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UAW will try to organize workers at all US nonunion factories after winning new contracts in DetroitThe UAW said Wednesday that its effort will cover nearly 150,000 workers at factories largely in the South, where the UAW has had little success in recruiting new members.
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The company now predicts full-year net income of $9.1 billion to $9.7 billion, down from its previous outlook of $9.3 billion to $10.7 billion.
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Shawn Fain declined to say which nonunion companies the UAW would target first.
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Ford and Stellantis workers join those at GM in approving contract settlement that ended UAW strikesFord workers voted 69.3% in favor of the pact, which passed with nearly a 15,000-vote margin in balloting that ended early Saturday.Workers at Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles, voted 68.8% in favor of the deal.
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A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with all local union offices reporting, the contract passed by just over 3,400 votes, with 54.7% in favor
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The union is expected to announce GM results on Thursday evening. Voting continues at Ford through early Saturday, where 66.1% of workers have voting in favor so far