A "UAW On Strike" sign held on a picket line outside the General Motors Ypsilanti Processing Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on Friday, September 22.
Mandatory Credit:	Emily Elconin/Bloomberg/Getty Images

A "UAW On Strike" sign held on a picket line outside the General Motors Ypsilanti Processing Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on Friday, September 22.
Mandatory Credit: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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