Congress of Industrial Organizations

The Obama administration has been negotiating with the leaders of Chrysler, Fiat and the United Auto Workers to find a way to salvage Chrysler. Two UAW members who will be heading out to vote on the plan today and are stopping by The Takeaway first.

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.

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.

When America’s largest kosher meatpacking plant was raided, investigators found something far more egregious than undocumented workers: laborers as young as 14 working through the night and in hazardous conditions.

Some African Muslim immigrants at a meatpacking plant in Colorado are protesting work conditions that they say affected their ability to observe Ramadan. The labor dispute has revealed bad feelings in the Colorado city.