August 7, 2023· 50 min

What the UAW Wants From Its Fight With the Big Three

Orality

Model

65%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,591 words)

M:93%

HostTracy Alloway(1,125 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic30%

literally, completely, obviously

Engagement73%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

know (109x), like (81x), they (79x)

Parallelism80%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So the labor aspect of, like, ..., And I think there's an ongoing...

Sound Patterns61%

60 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases4%

you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%

rather, maybe, could

Passive Voice8%

been resolved, are empowered, been radicalized

Abstract Nouns21%

investment, recommendation, industrialization

Subordination6%

because, while, thus

Sentence Length41%

Avg: 15.2 words/sentence

Word Complexity47%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style27%

714 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style67%

literally, completely, lately

Description

On September 14, the contract between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three carmakers (GM, Ford and Stellantis) is expiring — and the possibility of a strike is real. This comes at a delicate time for multiple reasons. The labor market is tight, which means workers have other options. Inflation is high. And the auto industry is undergoing a major shift to the electric vehicle market, which may change the composition and pay of the labor force. The stakes are high. So what does the union want and how does it fit into the goals of the broader labor market? To understand more, we speak with Dan Vicente, the director of UAW Region 9, as well as Alex Press, a labor reporter at Jacobin magazine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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