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As carmakers restart factories, they look at steps to protect workers from COVID-19

May 18, 2020
Among the steps General Motors says it will take: providing additional protective gear, and taking workers' temperatures when they arrive.
There are about 1,500 workers on a typical shift in a car factory, according to one industry analyst.
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Autoworkers want to make up for long wage freeze

Dec 10, 2014
Automakers' profits are up, in part because assembly-line wages are down.