The Economic Stakes of the UAW Strike

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The United Auto Workers strike has sparked fears of major economic turmoil, but the experts I spoke with think a recession is unlikely. Still, even if the economic effects of the strike aren’t felt nationwide, they are very real for workers, their families, and their communities.

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The Real Stakes

For more than a year, a drumbeat of warnings about an imminent recession has haunted even those who casually follow to add more). Ahead of the strike, a widely cited —assuming that a strike would shut down all three of America’s major carmakers—predicted that its effects would ricochet across the , swiftly causing of dollars in damage.