Autoworkers used to have lifelong health care and pension income. They want it back

United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on Sept. 15 in Detroit.

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Health care coverage for life. Guaranteed monthly income until you die.

These are benefits very few Americans enjoy today, but autoworkers had them for decades, and now they want them back.

With 34,000 autoworkers on strike, retirement security remains a sticking point in the ongoing talks between the Big 3 automakers and the United Auto Workers union.