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Economy
1:18 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

GM will take Volt plant off-line for second time in 2012

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The redesigned 2014 Impala
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In mid-September, General Motors will temporarily close the Detroit-Hamtramck plant that makes the Chevrolet Volt for about a month.

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Politics
5:17 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

UAW commemorates 75 years since "The Battle of the Overpass"

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UAW leaders after the Battle of the Overpass, 1937.
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The UAW remembered the 75th anniversary of the “Battle of the Overpass” Friday.

Many union members see the event as a pivotal point in Detroit--and national--labor history.

On May 26th, 1937, UAW President Walter Reuther and other union leaders were trying to organize workers at the massive Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn.

A confrontation ensued, and some union leaders were badly beaten by members of Henry Ford’s security team.

Bernie Ricke is President of UAW Local 600, which represents Ford Rouge workers today.

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