UAW threatens to expand targeted strike by Friday

Sep 19, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    42% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"The automakers normally provide supplemental or partial pay to workers who are idled because of supply chain problems, but Ford and GM have said they will not do that this time because the shutdowns are caused by a strike."
Positive
26% Conservative
"The union says workers deserve a bigger share of record profits that the companies posted as prices rose sharply on strong consumer demand and a limited supply of vehicles because of chip shortages and other issues."
Positive
12% Conservative
"In a video statement late Monday, UAW President Shawn Fain said workers at more factories will join those who are now in the fifth day of a strike at three plants."
Positive
4% Conservative
"More than half will get state unemployment benefits, while workers at two companies located inside the Jeep plant have been approved for payments from the union strike fund, but they can't picket because they're not on strike, he said."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Last week, President Joe Biden publicly backed the UAW and said the officials could play a positive role."
Positive
10% Conservative
"He should not be at that table, said Rep. Debbie Dingell, whose congressional district includes part of southeast Michigan."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"In Washington, the Biden administration reversed a plan to send acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and senior adviser Gene Sperling to Detroit this week to meet with both sides, according to a White House official."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The area's congresswoman, Democrat Nikki Budzinski, said U.S. Steel was using the strike as an excuse to idle the furnace."
Negative
-18% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : The automakers normally provide supplemental or partial pay to workers who are idled because of supply chain problems, but Ford and GM have said they will not do that this time because the shutdowns are caused by a strike.
56% : The union says workers deserve a bigger share of record profits that the companies posted as prices rose sharply on strong consumer demand and a limited supply of vehicles because of chip shortages and other issues.
52% : In a video statement late Monday, UAW President Shawn Fain said workers at more factories will join those who are now in the fifth day of a strike at three plants.
52% : More than half will get state unemployment benefits, while workers at two companies located inside the Jeep plant have been approved for payments from the union strike fund, "but they can't picket because they're not on strike," he said.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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