Podcast: Howes on UAW scandal, strike

As the UAW strikes GM, rank-and-file members and retirees can thank leadership’s corruption scandal for opening the floodgates to usual adversaries.

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Podcast: Howes on Ford becoming ‘America’s‘ automaker

Detroit’s top two automakers – facing a potential circus surrounding contract talks – are jostling for position with the public and President Trump.

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Howes podcast: UAW’s ‘clean union’ moniker may no longer be justified

Howes says the federal corruption probe into the UAW and its joint training centers is heating up just as the union is negotiating new contracts.

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Podcast: Howes on auto town revival

Howes says there’s growing evidence that southeast Michigan’s auto towns are cool again.

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Podcast: Howes on Democrats’ missed shot

Howes: Progressive Democrats' preferred policy preferences and reliably anti-business tone aren’t reassuring to voters in the industrial heartland.

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Podcast: Howes on Democratic debate, Midwest jobs

The Democrats vying to replace Trump might want to get a little savvier about the real economic issues facing the electorally vital industrial Midwest.

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Podcast: Howes on Mahoning Valley grit

They’re waiting for the end at Lordstown, the auto plant GM says it no longer needs. And for the closure of the Vindicator, Youngstown’s daily newspaper.

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Podcast: Howes on UAW contract talks

Howes: Not since the dark days of bankruptcy are contract talks between the UAW and carmakers likely to be as tough as the round beginning next week.

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Podcast: Howes on Tesla, tweets, trouble

Elon Musk’s most ardent supporters should be questioning whether he’s the right CEO to deliver the electrified future of his conjuring.

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Podcast: Howes on ol’ Sergio’s legacy

Howes says former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne, who died this week in a Zurich hospital, gambled on Detroit redemption. And he won.

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