Word: auto
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...addition, Detroit is home to the annual North American International Auto Show, which, according to the Auto Dealers Association, brings in anywhere from $580 to $600 million...
...union, known as the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC), has been on strike since Nov. 9 to protest the end of the contract. The students’ union is affiliated with the umbrella labor group UAW, which is best known for representing auto workers...
...crammed with 13 people--11 other Tuxpeńo passengers and two alternating drivers. "I wasn't ever scared," Octavio says about the journey. "Just very tired." After he arrived, it took only a few weeks for his English-speaking uncle to find him a job in an auto-repair shop and a room to rent. Octavio now lives in a single-family home that got the illegal immigrant makeover: slap a lock on every bedroom and try to squeeze in as many families and workers as possible. He pays $500 a month to share his home with eight other workers...
...1930s: Auto sales drop; labor unrest rises, as does the U.A.W.; Congress passes labor-relations laws as part of the New Deal...
...Lincoln plants, headed mainly for corporate fleets. Only Mazda, which Ford controls, appears to be reliably cranking out critically lauded models, from the compact Mazda 3 to the MX-5 roadster. In view of the warm reception for the CX-7, a crossover vehicle unveiled at the Detroit auto show, Mazda has another...