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The number of auto workers on strike jumped to 25,000 across 21 states Friday, with new GM and Ford plants going idle.

This continuously updated tracker has information about United Auto Workers strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.

The automaker says it has not made a final decision to build the factory, despite $2.2 billion in state subsidies. Ford won’t say if UAW negotiations are a factor.

Milan, Romeo and Wyoming are Michigan towns with something in common: All are sitting on shuttered auto plants where legacy pollution may complicate their path to recovery.

There is growing concern among Democrats and Republicans about what they view as one-sided corporate giveaways in the rush to attract EV investment to Michigan. Lawmakers from both sides say they are now pushing for change.

Older, abandoned factories are often located near what businesses seek today: highways, rail, full utilities and access to workers. Investing in tainted sites carries financial risk and higher costs, but there are also rewards.

The president said he’s coming to the state on Tuesday to show support for the union’s strike against Detroit’s three legacy automakers.

The week-long auto strike affecting three U.S. factories could grow on Friday if the United Auto Workers widens the walkout. The effects of the limited strike are already rippling across the industry.

In a state struggling with population and worker shortages, a quarter of young Michigan adults expect to live somewhere else within 10 years. College grads and Black respondents said they were more likely to leave.

The former U.S. president wants to attract labor support, reports said. But the union leader dismissed the effort as the strike against the Big Three continues.

The United Auto Workers began a strike against the Big Three on Friday, walking out at three U.S. factories, including one in Michigan. Much is at stake, for workers and the industry.

The United Auto Workers strike has support of workers, but that doesn’t relieve the financial anxiety.

Global competition for market share and profitability amid EV investment both pressure how much the Big Three legacy companies can give in negotiations.

Negotiations between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers show some progress, but the union is planning a staggered walkout that will target Ford, GM and Stellantis at the same time.

A walkout would hit Michigan hard. The state employs nearly 300,000 auto workers at 12 assembly plants, 23 parts plants and 96 suppliers.

The UAW contracts expire at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, leaving major automakers as potential targets. Here is a primer on the issues surrounding the debate.

In Roscommon County, fewer than 4 in 10 adults are in the workforce. The northern Michigan vacation haven is symptomatic of a statewide worker shortage crisis that has some looking for creative solutions.

Michigan’s large investment in automotive manufacturing makes it more vulnerable than other states to a strike against Ford, GM or Chrysler — or all three. Here’s what’s at stake as the negotiators try to beat a strike deadline next week.

Across Michigan, there are several lawsuits in state and federal court arguing that former property owners, not counties, deserve profits from tax foreclosure sales.

A city authority will take another 60 days to consider a traffic plan eastsiders worry would increase trucks. They already see more than 450 trucks a day