Caterpillar, back in 2006, signed such a contract with the United Automobile Workers.

卡特·皮勒公司早在2006年就和美国汽车工人协会签订了此项合约。

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Under one picture she wrote: "While machines are making great progress in automobile factories, the workers might be under-paid.

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There were two reasons for the Toyota union's decision, says Yuji Kato, president of the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Union.

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Ford Motor ( F - news - people ) announced it would be offering buyout or retirement incentive packages to all 41, 000 of its hourly, United Automobile Workers-represented workers in the U.S. The company is trying to reduce payroll costs as a step toward regaining profitability by 2011.

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It had become accepted wisdom that workers on automobile assembly lines would never be passionate about their work.

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