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Tracy Brooks, an auto worker retiree, points out family members in photographs during an interview, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Romulus, Mich. She and her grandfather, father and daughter all worked on assembly lines for one or more of Detroit's automakers.
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Some striking UAW members carry family legacies

October 30, 2023
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Union wages, and the battles to keep them, have elevated the fortunes of countless Black families.

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