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    Fixing the American Auto Industry

    Sales at Ford Motor Company dropped 18% last month, and Toyota outsold Ford by 35,000 vehicles—many of which were Made in America. Meantime, workers at General Motors are voting on a contract some say will save the company—and maybe Ford and Chrysler , as well, although skeptics say the union didn't give up enough.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Sales at Ford Motor Company dropped 18% last month, and Toyota outsold Ford by 35,000 vehicles—many of which were Made in America. Meantime, workers at General Motors are voting on a contract some say will save the company—and maybe Ford and Chrysler, as well, although skeptics say the union didn't give up enough. These are bad times for the industry that once dominated the world's strongest economy. Can it become competitive once again? We hear more about that GM contract, mileage standards, global warming—and clean diesel.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Dan Konecky

      Producer, To the Point

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      John McElroy

      Host, 'Autoline Detroit'

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      Peter Morici

      University of Maryland

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      Harley Shaiken

      Professor of Labor, UC Berkeley

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Do America's Big Three Automakers Have a Future?
    1. 1:37Leaders of North and South Korea Call for a Peace Treaty
    2. 7:43Fixing the American Auto IndustryYou’re reading this
    3. 41:05A Soldier's Mysterious Death in Afghanistan
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