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Union workers at Daimler Truck who make Freightliner and Western Star trucks and Thomas Built buses in North Carolina won significant raises and cost of living allowances. Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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UAW strike at Daimler Truck averted at 11th hour

April 26, 2024 • More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% plus cost of living allowances.

German Carmakers Test Emissions On Humans And Monkeys

German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show. Revelations about emissions experiments on humans and monkeys, paid for by German automakers, have drawn global outrage from politicians, animal rights activists and environmentalists. Michael Probst/AP hide caption

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German Carmakers Test Emissions On Humans And Monkeys

January 29, 2018 • Twenty-five "healthy young persons" were exposed to different concentrations of nitrogen dioxide for hours as part of a study for the car manufacturers. The gas can cause respiratory problems.