AFL–CIO

A handful of labor unions are launching a new hunting and fishing organization to help preserve habitat for game animals.

We talk about the United Autoworkers Union’s past, the transformation it’s undergone during the last few years, and what its future looks like with Gary Chaison, a professor of labor relations at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

What do the autoworkers make of Obama’s recently unveiled plan for the auto industry? The Takeaway is joined by Will Marcum and Terry Harden, longtime UAW workers in GM’s assembly plant in Pontiac, Michigan.

As part of the Obama administration’s strategy, GM CEO Rick Wagoner was asked to step down. What does his departure mean for GM workers? We are joined now by Will Marcum, a UAW autoworker in Detroit, who has been grappling with the ousting of his CEO.

The United Auto Workers Union says it will adapt to tough times in the auto industry by making concessions that may affect members’ wages, health care and pensions. The Takeaway talks to Ken Mefford, a third-generation auto worker.