With the contract between the United Auto Workers union and the three major carmakers in the U.S. set to expire just shy of midnight, there is a lot at stake, including an already fragile economy. Cheddar News senior reporter Michelle Castillo talked about what the union is seeking in its new agreement and whether or not the big three automakers are willing to concede or meet somewhere in the middle.
A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit's Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers' other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The ongoing United Auto Workers strike expanded Thursday in a major blow to Ford as the union ordered 8700 workers to walk off the job at the automaker giant's largest plant.
A retired bank official testified that former president Donald Trump obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in loans based on financial statements that have since been deemed fraudulent.
