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Danielle Kaye

Why you shouldn't be surprised that autoworkers are asking for a 40% pay raise

In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 photo, Jeff Caldwell, 29, a chassis assembly line supervisor, monitors the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/AP)

As a potential strike at the Detroit Three automakers inches closer, the United Auto Workers union is pushing for a substantial pay raise for its members: 40% over four years.

It's the kind of raise that Marcelina Pedraza, a Ford electrician in Chicago, thinks is long overdue.

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