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A |     DETROIT -- United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain is expected to update members Friday afternoon on progress in contract talks with Detroit's three automakers as movement was reported with General Motors.Fain is scheduled to do a live video appearance, where he could call on more workers to walk off their jobs, joining the 34,000 already on strike at six vehicle assembly plants and 38 parts distribution warehouses. The union's strikes at targeted plants at each company began on Sept. 15 and are nearing the start of their sixth week.A person briefed on the talks says the union is exchanging offers with GM and will meet again Friday with the company. The person didn't want to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak on the record about the bargaining. There also were meetings on Thursday with Jeep maker Stellantis.On Thursday, GM posted a video indicating that bargainers are still some distance apart. Gerald Johnson, the company's global head of manufacturing, said GM has offered a total wage and benefit package that averages $150,000 per worker. It includes a 20% pay increase over four years and a company contribution of 8% per year in 401(k) accounts, cost-of-living increases, and it brings most workers to a top wage of $39.24 per hour by September of 2027, the company said.GM already has agreed to pull new electric vehicle battery plants into the national UAW contract, essentially making them unionized, a key point for Fain and the union. The UAW is seeking 36% wages, restoration of defined benefit pensions that workers gave up in the Great Recession, pension increases for retirees, an end to varying tiers of wages for workers and other items.“You might might be asking yourselves why can't General Motors meet every demand Shawn Fain is asking for?” Johnson said on the video. “Simple answer is we need profits to invest in our future.”He goes on to say that during the past decade, GM had net income of $65 billion but invested $77 billion in the business. “If we don't have those profits to continue our investments in our plants, our people and our products, we will be facing declining market share, an inability to fund the EV transition, and an inability to compete with a growing number of competitors right here in America,” Johnson said.Ford and Stellantis have made similar comments, with Ford saying it has reached the limit on how much it can spend to settle the strike. The union, however, says labor expenses are only about 5% of a vehicle's costs, and the companies can divert money from profits and stock buybacks to pay for raises that cover inflation and make up for years of contracts without significant increases. The strikes started with one assembly plant from each company after contracts expired at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14. The union later added the parts warehouses, then one assembly plant each from Ford and GM.Last week the union made a surprise move, escalating the strikes by adding a huge Ford pickup truck and SUV plant in Louisville, Kentucky. But Fain told workers Friday that the union added the Kentucky plant after Ford presented an economic offer with no more money than a proposal from two weeks ago.About 23% of the union's 146,000 members employed by the three automakers are on strike.Stellantis said Friday that it canceled displays and presentations at the upcoming Specialty Equipment Market Association show and the Los Angeles Auto Show as strike costs continue to grow. Earlier this week the company pulled out of the CES gadget show in January.。    漫威演员海莉·阿特维尔近日在伦敦“For the Love of Fantasy & Sci-Fi”漫展上公开表示，她在漫威电影中饰演的卡特队长/佩吉·卡特被迅速杀死，是对这一角色的“完完全全的辜负”。她透露自己曾在片场尝试提出替代方案，但建议被剧组驳回。    在漫威电影的宇宙中，阿特维尔饰演的另一个宇宙版本佩吉·卡特以“卡特队长”身份登场，手持带有英国国旗图案的盾牌，与光照会其他成员一同迎战伊丽莎白·奥尔森饰演的绯红女巫旺达。然而，这支英雄团队在短短几分钟内便被旺达全部消灭，卡特队长更是被自己的盾牌反弹击中后疑似被腰斩。    阿特维尔在漫展上坦言：“我很喜欢让她穿上战衣、拿起盾牌的创意。但如果要我完全诚实地说，我对他们在那个场景中如何安排她、如何对待她感到非常失望。戏份太短了，她就被像飞盘一样弄死了。”她特别提到，片中卡特队长引用了史蒂夫·罗杰斯的经典台词“I could do this all day”（我能打一整天），但随即被旺达轻松击杀，这一处理让她尤其不满：“他们明显是在说‘不，你不行’，结果就是她看起来很‘逊’。”     阿特维尔表示，她试图在现场为角色争取更多表现空间：“我尝试过说‘我能加点什么吗？我能提点建议吗？’他们嘴上说‘当然可以’，但实际并不采纳。”她将这一处理方式形容为“对角色完完全全的辜负”。尽管对这一处理的结局不满，但阿特维尔已确认将回归漫威电影宇宙，在2026年12月18日上映的《复仇者联盟：末日》中再次出演佩吉·卡特。至于角色将以何种方式回归，目前尚未揭晓。