WASHINGTON: US president Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday to show support for the United Auto Workers strike against Detroit automakers, p...
UAW members and workers at the Mopar Parts Center Line, a Stellantis Parts Distribution Center in Center Line, Michigan, hold signs after walking off their jobs at noon on September 22, 2023 and picketed outside the facility. AFPPIX: US president Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday to show support for the United Auto Workers strike against Detroit automakers, putting him at the center of the dispute that has pitted his labour allies against major manufacturers.
Biden is running for re-election in 2024 and will likely face Trump, who is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.“The only reason Biden is going to Michigan on Tuesday is because President Trump announced he is going on Wednesday,” the Trump campaign said in a statement late on Friday.
“This would be a major, major shift for Biden to identify the presidency with striking workers, rather than siding with industry or staying above the fray.”Numerous unions have already endorsed Biden’s re-election, but the UAW has for now withheld its endorsement. Biden said the automakers should “go further to ensure record corporate profits mean record contracts for the UAW,” echoing sentiments by union leaders.
Trump plans to travel to Detroit to speak at a rally advertised for auto workers as he tries to win back some blue-collar voters who defected to Biden in his victory in 2020. Trump has called for rank-and-file union workers to ignore their leaders.Trump has not said if he will visit the picket lines. UAW president Shawn Fain blasted Trump earlier in the week, saying the union was “fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at the expense of workers.
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