Former President Donald Trump criticized the president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) after the union endorsed Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race. He accused him of selling the U.S. automobile industry to China and supporting the electric vehicle (EV) push, which, according to President Trump, harmed American auto workers. “I had the great […]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has officially endorsed President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign months after he visited a Michigan picket line in September 2023 in support of striking workers. UAW President Shawn Fain had resisted endorsing President Biden and other politicians, arguing that they would need to earn the labor union’s endorsement. But […]
President Joe Biden has expressed support to the United Auto Workers union and its unionization effort for carmakers Tesla and Toyota in a speech last week, also using the opportunity to challenge former President Donald Trump. Speaking to protesting UAW workers in Belvidere, Illinois, President Biden was rallying support for his reelection campaign amid polls […]
Production workers at Ford’s Louisville assembly and Kentucky truck plants have voted against the tentative labor agreement, while skilled trades workers voted in favor, the local chapter of the United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Monday. The ratification of the contract was voted down by 55 percent of the production workers whereas 69 percent of […]
Speaking outside the White House on Thursday, President Joe Biden denied that polls show him trailing former President Donald Trump in multiple swing states. He also visited Illinois on Thursday in an attempt to further shore up union support, where he praised UAW members for the recent deal they struck with the Big 3 automakers. […]
The national labor board has dismissed charges against Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) brought by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union for remarks he made suggesting striking autoworkers should be fired. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced in a letter filed on Nov. 3 that its case against Mr. Scott—which alleged that he made “coercive […]
Autoworkers at the first Ford factory to go on strike in decades have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a tentative contract agreement reached with the vehicle maker late last month. The United Auto Workers (UAW) union announced members of UAW Local 900 at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne voted 82 percent in favor of ratifying […]
General Motors (GM) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have reached a tentative agreement, people familiar with the matter told The Epoch Times, effectively bringing to an end the first simultaneous strike against the Detroit big three automakers that cost the U.S. auto industry hundreds of millions of dollars. Details of the deal were […]
The United Auto Workers union has again escalated its strike action against the Big 3 automakers. The UAW says 6,800 members walked out of the Stellantis assembly plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan on Monday, effectively shutting down the facility—which is a huge profit center for the company. The latest strike action comes just three days […]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union and General Dynamics have reached a tentative agreement over a new labor contract covering 1,100 workers at some of the U.S. defense contractor’s facilities, staving off a potential strike. The four-year deal, which must be ratified by the workers, provides a 14 percent wage hike, protection against inflation, reduces […]
Wall Street’s main indexes closed lower on Thursday after a U.S. Treasury auction sent bond yields higher while investors were already digesting data that showed consumer prices rose more than anticipated in September. Investors were also carefully monitoring developments in the Middle East. Gaza moved closer to a humanitarian catastrophe as the death toll rose […]
DETROIT— The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit’s Three automakers, shutting down Ford’s largest factory and threatening Jeep maker Stellantis. In a surprise move Wednesday night, 8,700 members left their jobs at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant in Louisville. And Thursday morning, union President Shawn Fain hinted at further action against Stellantis. […]
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said during an Oct. 6 Facebook Live address that the union is making “significant progress” in its negotiations with the Big Three automakers as the strike continues.
“No one is above the law,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said on the courthouse steps as the trial of her fraud case against former President Donald Trump begins. Former Trump administration official Kash Patel is here to react to President Trump’s business fraud case in New York. What does a non-jury trial mean […]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) will escalate its strike with two of the Big Three automakers—Ford and General Motors—as progress in negotiations has stalled with the labor dispute entering its 15th day. UAW President Shawn Fain announced on Sept. 29 that an additional 7,000 members will “stand up and go out on strike,” with 4,600 […]
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain makes an announcement on his union’s ongoing strike against Detroit’s ‘Big Three’ automakers—General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., and Stellantis NV—at 10:00 a.m. ET on Sept. 29.
President Joe Biden and his administration’s policies are to blame for the United Auto Workers (UAW) union going on strike, the seven participating Republican presidential candidates argued during the second GOP primary debate. The debate comes one day after President Biden visited a picket line in Michigan and stood in solidarity with the auto workers, […]
President Donald Trump on Sept. 27 addressed current and former members of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) union in Detroit, Michigan. President Trump spoke at Drake Enterprises in Clinton Township, a northern suburb of Detroit. His appearance in Michigan comes amid a strike by the UAW that has carried on for 12 days now. Drake […]
President Joe Biden becomes the first president to join a picket line. What’s surprising about how he is addressing autoworkers, and how is former President Donald Trump taking a different strategy with the same group of voters? Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is facing mounting pressure from within his own party, as a growing number of […]
