u.s. automaker general motors have walked off the job it's the 1st strike in more than a decade the united auto workers union is pushing for better wages health benefits and job security guarantees if threatened to stay on strike until an agreement is reached talks are scheduled to continue on monday and form an italian interior minister matteo salvini has called his former coalition partners traitors is criticized the 5 star movement during a rally in northern italy after sylvie pulled out of his coalition with 5 star they formed a new government with the pro e.u. democratic party those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after risking it all in about how often are. you stan the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the. al-jazeera. live. live live live. live. live. live. live . our illegal. lives in the humid undergrowth of the bolivian jungle a family collects the shelves from john in brazil. i'll go along the way i'm going to my mother get the. ball if the place is infested with been sick since. genco the eldest of the feelings had a terrible experien

u.s. automaker general motors have gone on strike for the 1st time in more than a decade well than $49000.00 people have walked off the job at $31.00 factories across the country the united auto workers union is pushing for better wages health benefits and job security guarantees if they're going to stay on strike until the agreement is reached talks to continue on monday michel martin is the reporter for automotive news based in detroit and he says workers are demanding a greater share of profits. it could cripple g.m. if the strike lasts long enough currently the automaker has been preparing for some type of action and they have a 77 days supply of new vehicles on hand that number fluctuates depending on what the able you're talking about and they're more profitable more popular s.u.v.s and trucks they have a lower days supply in the fifty's but if this drags on and then it essentially means they can't build any products dealers won't be able to sell those products because there won't be anything there this is a very significant action it's sort of the last resort that the union has in neg

u.s. automaker general motors of gone on strike for the 1st time in more than a decade 48000 people are expected to walk off the job at 31 factories across the country they want better wages health benefits and job security guarantees. at least 50 fires continue to burn across queensland and new south wales in eastern australia about 20 homes have been destroyed and another 30 damaged favorable conditions on sunday hope to slow down the pace of the destruction those are the latest headlines from the news continues in about half an hour after 1. 0. give to the people who will be attending the workshop we listen. apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global news makers and the stories that matter. chinese kickin. soul and the the prosody me joy. me love you. indonesia has one of the highest numbers to the. world. i am a side of the good luck can it be stopped before its true lights were sleepwalking to the sasser one o one east investigates how the illegal wildlife trade is wiping out indonesia's recreations. soloway seas forests adopted the goal of bigots of asia home to a me

u.s. automaker general motors are due to go on a strike on monday for the 1st time in more than a decade 40 $8000.00 people are expected to walk off the job at $31.00 factories across the country the united auto workers union is pushing for better wages health benefits and job security guarantees and they've threatened to stay on strike until an agreement is reached the talks are scheduled to continue on monday on michael martinez is a reporter for automotive news based in detroit and he says that workers are demanding a greater share of profits and explains how this will impact general motors. it could cripple g.m. if the strike last long enough currently the automaker has been preparing for some type of action and they have a 77 days supply of new vehicles on hand that number fluctuates depending on what the able you're talking about is there more profitable more popular s.u.v.s and trucks they have a lower days supply in the fifty's but if this drags on and then it essentially means they can't build any products dealers won't be able to sell those new products because there won't be anyt

u.s. automaker general motors will go on strike later on sunday for the 1st time in 12 years about $46000.00 workers are expected to walk off the job at $31.00 factories the united auto workers union is pushing for better wages health benefits and job security guarantees they have threatened to stay on strike until an agreement is reached and speak to michel martin is about this has a reporter for the automotive news joins us by skype from detroit thank you so much michael for being with us so just how significant is this strike action and what impact do you expect it will have. this is a very significant action it's sort of the last resort that the union has in negotiations that reshape impasse and we don't know yet what the impact will be on general motors it depends on how long the strike last but workers in less than 10 hours now will ringback leave the assembly lines in form picket lines outside of all geos facilities he said the 2 sides still seem far apart in negotiations tell us more about the demands that work is a making and that conditions are in right now definitely well workers

u.s. automaker general motors will go on strike later on sunday for the 1st time in 12 years about 46000 workers are expected to walk off the job the united auto workers union is pushing for better wages health benefits and job security guarantees you're absolutely headlines on al-jazeera inside story starts now. how it sounded maybe i'll respond to more drone attacks on its oil processing plants of the kingdom's day that is not what new higher prices. iran dismisses u.s. accusations of involvement is the possibility of a war between iran and the sound is increasing this is inside story. the welcome to the program. it's being described as an unprecedented attack on the wells and as you supply oil prices are expected to rise after saudi arabia was forced to cut production in half. the rebels in yemen say the latest drone attacks on the world's largest oil exporter one a major success knocking out the world's largest processing plant. it's not known how long repairs will take oil markets haven't seen a shutdown. since iraq's army invaded kuwait to the 1st gulf war in 1990 iran is this missing u.s.

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general motors. the largest automaker in the u.s. walking off the job, arguing that the employees are not making enough while the company brings in billions there are concerns this morning about the economic toll this protest could take nbc's jo ling kent has more. >> reporter: nearly 50,000 general motors workers at 31 plants across the country will walk off the job >> this strike is about us it's about standing up for fair wages. >> reporter: gm argued it presented workers with a solid new contract >> we believe that we presented a strong offer to the uaw. >> reporter: according to gm, that offer included over $7 billion in investments, and more than 5400 jobs but the union fired back saying they want better pay and lower health care costs after gm turned $35 billion in profits in north america over the last three years. >> what we're asking of general motors is simple and fair. >> reporter: it could cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars. the 2007 strike lasted for two days and cost the automaker more than $300 million e

cooperate however general motors has seen a big swing of events over the last decade or so it was just in 2008 that the company was absolutely bankrupt and it was one of 2 u.s. automakers that received nearly $80000000000.00 from the federal government to prevent it from simply going under since then general motors has fought its way back and just in the last 3 years or so it's posted more than 10000000000 in profits so this is the way of the union and the workers basically saying listen we stuck with you during the hard times and now that the company is doing so much better the workers are saying we want more of the profits coming directly to us so they say that they will plan to strike in the early morning hours of monday. police in serbia have clashed with far right protesters who tried to stop a gay pride parade attended by the country's openly gay prime minister brown a bitch and her partner joined several 100 others in the annual parade through about great but several hours earlier around 150 far right supporters had gathered in protest at least 5 people were taken away by the police after refusing to move from the roof of the march bernabe it is the 1st openly g

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u.s. respond, and could it involve military action? also tonight, nearly 50,000 workers strike at general motors. why did they bring america's largest automakerbrand-new building suddenly blows up in maine, killing a firefighter. how a school bus full of children escaped just minutes earlier. we're on the southern border where tents are being used as courthouses to speed up immigration hearings. eye on earth, they call it the blob. a massive heat wave in the scean. we'll look at what it's doing to marine life. plus a show of sportsmanship. why georgia bug

u.s. for on strike last night after talks ltered with their employer general motors. it is the union's first strike after the automaker came out of bankruptcygo a decadehanks to the taxpayer-funded bailout. e united auto workers union wants better health care and job security. gm says their fair offer as the rejected. i spoke to transportation writeo micheline maynardromichigan. micheline: we didweot think they far apart until the last couple of days. general motors did something very unusual. it give a complete offer to the uaw and then it publicized the the protocol is that once the talks are down to the final days, no one speaks to the media, let alone to the public.e it cause hard feelings on the part of the uaw. laura: how significant is this strike by the auto workers? e the first since 2007. micheline: exactly, between that time we hadhe bankruptcies of general motors and chrysler, which were funded by the american government, and they came out of bankruptcy very quickly. the thinking has been they have been doing extremely well, andca perhaps bee of tt the uaw feels they deserve higher wages. what has also hap

u.s. respond, and could it involve military action? also tonight, nearly 50,000 workers strike at general motors. why did they bring america's largest automakero a standstill? a brand-new building suddenly blows up in maine, killing a firefighter. how a school bus full of children escaped just minutes earlier. we're on the southern border where tents are being used as courthouses to speed up immigration hearings. eye on earth, they call it the blob. a massive heat wave in the scean. we'll look at what it's doing to marine life. plus a show of sportsmanship. why georgia bulldog fans wore pink instead of red for game day. and are we nearing the end of the worst measles outbreak in decades? this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good evening. this is our western edition. it is decision time for president trump, who tonight is weighing how to respond to an unprecedented attack on saudi arabian oil facilities. his first move, sending his secretary of state to saudi arabia. the attack on saturday at two separate refineries knocked out half of saudi arabia's oil output. the facilities were hit 19 times with what officials

u.s. that task just got more complicated with the strike announced by nearly 50,000 general motors union worker in the midwest and the south. demanding that the automaker young joins me life from flint, michigan, and this is the biggest strike by any labor union in the u.s. in more than a decade. >> reporter: yes. the first time a strike like this since 2007. [ horn honking ] >> reporter: you could hear the energy supporting the workers and this is five sites in the -- in general area and they want better health care and wages and some people said this is a fight for the middle class to make sure that everyone across this country understands that -- listen to this one worker who said they're fighting for everyone across this country. >> this is about middle class. it had a to start and it is starting now and we have to do this now and together and we're hoping for unity and the other two of the big three go out the same way we did. however long it takes, we'll be here and do what we have to do. >> reporter: look, when you talk to the people here, they say not only do they want better health care but it is the idea that the shuttered plants when gm is m