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00:02 UAW workers at John Deere, 4isha, and a Volvo trucks plant in Virginia voted to authorize
00:07 a strike if contract negotiations with the companies fail to make progress.
00:11 The votes by locals of the United Auto Workers Union come as about 49,000 hourly workers
00:15 at 54 GM facilities have been on strike nationwide since September 16th, including five factories
00:21 in Kentucky and Tennessee that stopped vehicle production.
00:24 UAW members at Deere plants in Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas authorized their leaders to call
00:29 strikes if needed after contract talks stalled.
00:32 Workers at 4isha's plant in Saline, Michigan and a Volvo trucks facility in Dublin, Virginia
00:36 also voted to allow for walkouts.
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