Semantics Relevance

A Union Vote at Volkswagen Is a Big Test for Organized Labor


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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

  • Biden has crafted industrial policies with an eye toward workers. This week, he called for raising tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum as he tried to shore up support among voters that helped him beat Donald Trump in 2020 ...
  • He has opposed Nippon Steel's $14 billion bid for U.S. Steel, after the Pennsylvania-based company's workers opposed the deal - later winning the endorsement of the United Steelworkers. ...
  • Momentum supporting factors

  • (workers,president)
  • (workers,united_steelworkers)
  • Challenge supporting factors

  • (factory,president)
  • (factory,workers,president)
  • (workers,president)
  • (factory,toyota)
  • (factory,workers,toyota)
  • (workers,toyota)
  • (factory,tesla)
  • (factory,workers,tesla)
  • (workers,tesla)
  • (factory,shawn_fain)
  • (factory,workers,shawn_fain)
  • (workers,shawn_fain)
  • Work-in-progress supporting factors

  • (workers,steel)
  • (workers,tariffs)
  • (workers,policies)
  • (workers,pennsylvania-based)
  • (factory,nonunionized)
  • (factory,workers,nonunionized)
  • (workers,nonunionized)
  • (factory,nonunion)
  • (factory,workers,nonunion)
  • (workers,nonunion)
  • (factory,nonlabor-friendly)
  • (factory,workers,nonlabor-friendly)
  • (workers,nonlabor-friendly)
  • (factory,manufacturers)
  • (factory,workers,manufacturers)

  • Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report42.42 6.06 51.52

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report
    (1) (workers,steel)100.00
    (2) (workers,president)86.67
    (3) (factory,president)48.57
    (4) (factory,workers,president)45.71
    (5) (workers,united_steelworkers)41.90
    (6) (factory,toyota)40.95
    (7) (factory,workers,toyota)38.10
    (8) (workers,toyota)36.19
    (9) (factory,tesla)35.24
    (10) (factory,workers,tesla)32.38
    (11) (workers,tesla)30.48
    (12) (workers,tariffs)29.52
    (13) (factory,shawn_fain)28.57
    (14) (factory,workers,shawn_fain)25.71
    (15) (workers,shawn_fain)23.81
    (16) (workers,policies)22.86
    (17) (workers,pennsylvania-based)21.90
    (18) (factory,nonunionized)20.95
    (19) (factory,workers,nonunionized)18.10
    (20) (workers,nonunionized)16.19
    (21) (factory,nonunion)15.24
    (22) (factory,workers,nonunion)12.38
    (23) (workers,nonunion)10.48
    (24) (factory,nonlabor-friendly)9.52
    (25) (factory,workers,nonlabor-friendly)6.67
    (26) (workers,nonlabor-friendly)4.76
    (27) (factory,manufacturers)3.81
    (28) (factory,workers,manufacturers)0.95

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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • Steel, after the Pennsylvania-based company's workers opposed the deal - later winning the endorsement of the United Steelworkers.. . And last year, Biden became the first sitting president to join a picket line when he met striking auto workers in Michigan. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,president)

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • Steel, after the Pennsylvania-based company's workers opposed the deal - later winning the endorsement of the United Steelworkers.. . And last year, Biden became the first sitting president to join a picket line when he met striking auto workers in Michigan ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,united_steelworkers)

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • (Those companies, including Toyota and Tesla, responded by raising wages for factory workers.). . The U.A.W. president, Shawn Fain, has pledged to spend $40 million over the next two years to help workers organize nonunionized manufacturers - whose factories are largely in nonlabor-friendly states ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (factory,workers,shawn_fain)
        • (factory,workers,president)
        • (workers,president)
        • (factory,shawn_fain)
        • (factory,president)
        • (workers,shawn_fain)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (factory,president,workers) [inferred]
        • (president,workers) [inferred]
        • (factory,president) [inferred]
        • (factory,shawn_fain) [inferred]
        • (factory,shawn_fain,workers) [inferred]
        • (shawn_fain,workers) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • After securing big pay raises at the Big Three Detroit carmakers last year, the union is taking aim at the more than two dozen nonunion car factories in the U.S. (Those companies, including Toyota and Tesla, responded by raising wages for factory workers.). . The U.A.W. president, Shawn Fain, has pledged to spend $40 million over the next two years to help workers organize nonunionized manufacturers - whose factories are largely in nonlabor-friendly states ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (factory,workers,toyota)
        • (factory,tesla)
        • (workers,toyota)
        • (workers,tesla)
        • (factory,toyota)
        • (factory,workers,tesla)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (factory,tesla) [inferred]
        • (tesla,workers) [inferred]
        • (factory,toyota,workers) [inferred]
        • (factory,toyota) [inferred]
        • (factory,tesla,workers) [inferred]
        • (toyota,workers) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • He has opposed Nippon Steel's $14 billion bid for U.S. Steel, after the Pennsylvania-based company's workers opposed the deal - later winning the endorsement of the United Steelworkers. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,steel)
        • (workers,pennsylvania-based)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Biden has crafted industrial policies with an eye toward workers. This week, he called for raising tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum as he tried to shore up support among voters that helped him beat Donald Trump in 2020 ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,steel)
        • (workers,tariffs)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The U.A.W. has since backed him.. . Biden has crafted industrial policies with an eye toward workers. This week, he called for raising tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum as he tried to shore up support among voters that helped him beat Donald Trump in 2020 ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,policies)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • president, Shawn Fain, has pledged to spend $40 million over the next two years to help workers organize nonunionized manufacturers - whose factories are largely in nonlabor-friendly states. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (factory,workers,nonunionized)
        • (workers,nonlabor-friendly)
        • (factory,nonunionized)
        • (workers,nonunionized)
        • (factory,nonlabor-friendly)
        • (factory,manufacturers)
        • (factory,workers,nonlabor-friendly)
        • (factory,workers,manufacturers)
        • Inferred entity relationships (8)
        • (nonunionized,workers) [inferred]
        • (factory,nonlabor-friendly) [inferred]
        • (factory,nonunionized,workers) [inferred]
        • (factory,manufacturers,workers) [inferred]
        • (factory,nonlabor-friendly,workers) [inferred]
        • (nonlabor-friendly,workers) [inferred]
        • (factory,nonunionized) [inferred]
        • (factory,manufacturers) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • After securing big pay raises at the Big Three Detroit carmakers last year, the union is taking aim at the more than two dozen nonunion car factories in the U.S. (Those companies, including Toyota and Tesla, responded by raising wages for factory workers.) ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (factory,workers,nonunion)
        • (workers,nonunion)
        • (factory,nonunion)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (nonunion,workers) [inferred]
        • (factory,nonunion) [inferred]
        • (factory,nonunion,workers) [inferred]