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    UAW Agrees to Reopen Contract Talks as Automakers Go Back to Hill

    The Big Three automakers want tens of billions from Congress to stave off what could be the collapse of their industry.  Now there's possible help of a different kind. Leaders of the United Auto Workers Union held an emergency meeting today in Detroit. Neal Boudette is Detroit Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal .

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

    The Big Three automakers want tens of billions from Congress to stave off what could be the collapse of their industry. Now there's possible help of a different kind. Leaders of the United Auto Workers Union held an emergency meeting today in Detroit. Neal Boudette is Detroit Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sonya Geis

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Neal Boudette

      Detroit Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Shifting Focus in the War on Terror
    1. 1:40UAW Agrees to Reopen Contract Talks as Automakers Go Back to HillYou’re reading this
    2. 7:35Exiting Iraq, Sinking Deeper into Afghanistan
    3. 41:05Bush's Biggest Regret? Bad Intelligence
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