The most recent Census numbers show some major metropolitan areas that shone during the post-recession years now are losing population. But that doesn’t mean an equitable spreading of economic assets, much less a halt to the “back to the city” era. At least not yet.
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The current UAW contract with the Detroit Three was hammered out in 2015 without a strike.
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