Auto workers' tenuous return a ray of hope in jobs crisis

Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of thousands of auto workers are returning to factories that have been shuttered since mid-March due to fears of spreading the coronavirus.With it comes about 133,000 U.S. workers pouring back into assembly plants that will open in the coming week, or just over half of the industry's workforce before the pandemic, according to estimates by The A