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...Plus, UAW president defies skeptics (including Trump) to negotiate historic deal for union workers

The UAW is set to expand its strike if automakers fail to meet a deadline, the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed by more than 11,000 migrants in the past week and Azerbaijan ends an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland faces grilling by House Republicans, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at its meeting today and the long-term consequences of the UAW strike depend on its breadth and length.
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As a potential strike by the United Auto Workers looms, we look at what UAW workers are looking for in a new contract. Public opinion toward organized labor is at recent highs. How the Biden administration and Republicans are approaching this moment.