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A | DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future.In a rare speech during contract talks in the company's hometown of Dearborn, Michigan, Ford said high labor costs could limit spending to develop new vehicles and invest in factories. “It’s the absolute lifeblood of our company. And if we lose it, we will lose to the competition. America loses. Many jobs will be lost,” said the great grandson of company founder Henry Ford.The company, he said, builds more vehicles in America and has more United Auto Workers employees than any company, which has increased its costs in a highly competitive industry.Ford has 57,000 UAW workers compared with 46,000 at GM and 43,000 at Stellantis. “Many of our competitors moved jobs to Mexico as we added jobs here in the U.S.,” Ford said.The company is near an impasse with the United Auto Workers union, which walked out in targeted strikes at all three Detroit automakers on Sept. 15, Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world, the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. Ford said the strike at the Kentucky plant is harming tens of thousands of Americans who work for parts suppliers and Ford dealers. The strike also could cause a fragile parts supply base to collapse, he said. “If it continues, it will have a major impact on the American economy and devastate local communities,” he said.There was no immediate response from the UAW early Monday. Ford, only the fourth family member to lead the 120-year-old company, said he has watched other companies lose their auto industries, then all of their manufacturing base. He said strong American manufacturing is essential for national security. “We need to come together to bring an end to this acrimonious round of talks,” Ford said. “I still believe in a bright future – one that we can build together. I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country. We will continue to be there when America needs us most.”Last week, after the Kentucky strike began, a top Ford executive said on a conference call with reporters that Ford had reached the limit in how much it was willing to spend to end the strike. The speech from Ford arrives with the entire auto industry making a historic and expensive shift from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.UAW President Shawn Fain has said Ford and crosstown rivals General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis are making billions in profits, and that workers should get a share. He says the workers should be repaid for sacrificing general pay raises, cost of living adjustments and agreeing to lower wage tiers to keep the companies afloat during the Great Recession.The union began striking at targeted factories after its contracts with the companies expired. It started picketing one assembly plant from each company, but that has since spread to 38 parts warehouses at GM and Jeep maker Stellantis. The UAW later added another assembly plant at both GM and Ford.Last Wednesday Fain made the surprise announcement that the union would walk out at the Kentucky plant, which makes Super Duty pickups and large Ford and Lincoln SUVs.About 34,000 of the union's 146,000 employees at all three automakers are now on strike.Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford Blue, the company’s internal combustion engine business, told reporters Thursday that Ford stretched to get to the offer it now has on the table.The apparently widening labor rift suggests Ford and the union may be in for a lengthy strike that could cost the company and workers billions of dollars.Fain said on Wednesday that Ford told UAW bargainers for nearly two weeks that it would make another counteroffer on economic issues. But at a meeting called by the union, the company didn’t increase its previous offer, Fain said. “Ford hasn’t gotten the message” to bargain for a fair contract, Fain said in announcing the walkout by 8,700 workers at the company’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville.“We’ve been very patient working with the company on this,” he said in a video. “They have not met expectations, they’re not even coming to the table on it.”Galhotra called Ford’s offer “incredibly positive” and said Ford never indicated to the union that it would be increased.“We have been very clear we are at the limit,” he said on a conference call with reporters. “We risk the ability to invest in the business and profitably grow. And profitable growth is in the best interest of everybody at Ford.”The company has a set amount of money, but is willing to move dollars around in a way that might fit the union’s needs, he said, adding that he still thinks it’s possible to reach a deal.The union has said Ford’s general wage offer is up to 23% over four years and that it has reinstated cost of living raises. GM and Stellantis were at 20%. But Fain said none was high enough.。一位中国籍陪读妈妈带着女儿来到新加坡求学，期间她租住了一名单身男子的房间后，两人以“假结婚”的形式成为名义上的夫妻。图源：互联网示意图不久后男子便病逝，并且在去世前立下了将遗产都留给继妹的遗嘱。

B | 然而，陪读妈妈却向法院提起诉讼，要求争夺组屋，但最终败诉。案件的起诉人是男子的中国籍遗孀，而答辩人包括男子的侄儿和遗嘱受益人——男子的继妹。

C | 图源：互联网示意图男子于2015年9月2日去世，遗孀得知遗嘱后入禀法院，声称男子在病重时意识不清，无法理解遗嘱内容。指控有人伪签遗嘱或受到影响，要求法官判定遗嘱无效，主张自己是唯一继承人。根据家事法庭的判词，陪读妈妈于2011年带女儿来本地求学，租住在男子位于黄埔的三房式住家的一个房间。

D | 男子当时已退休，靠出租房间维持生计。图源：互联网示意图2013年10月16日，男子与陪读妈妈在家里进行注册结婚，只有陪读妈妈的一对朋友出席作为“证婚人”，男子没有通知任何亲友。尽管两人婚后同住，但并未同房。

E | 男子于2015年7月因呼吸困难住院，病情在两个月内恶化，最终于2015年9月2日去世，享年69岁。医药报告显示他患有糖尿病、高血压，并且心脏疾病加重了他的病情。在住院期间，男子私下告诉了一位认识40多年的老朋友，表示他与陪读妈妈是假结婚，两人并未同房。他这样做是为了帮助陪读妈妈继续留在本地，让她的孩子能够继续学习。 图源：互联网示意图男子希望将房子留给经济条件较差的继妹以帮助她。好友随后找来男子的侄儿和证人解释遗嘱内容，男子同意并签字。男子去世后，陪读妈妈对遗嘱毫不知情。她从男子的银行账户中取出了3000多元存款，并以妻子的名义从公积金账户中提取了近4万元的公积金。

F | 2016年2月，男子的侄儿要求陪读妈妈搬走，称男子已经将房子留给了继妹。陪读妈妈对此表示质疑，并聘请律师入禀法院，试图推翻遗嘱。图源：互联网示意图法官审理后认为，男子自愿立下遗嘱，并且明确表示与陪读妈妈是假结婚，不打算将房子留给她，而是想留给过得清苦的继妹。最终，法院判陪读妈妈败诉。