Fain stressed that the union plans to bargain with all three Detroit automakers — General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis — until contracts for about 150,000 autoworkers expire next Thursday. Fain said the union hopes to have an agreement by then, but he warned that "there will be action" if an agreement isn’t reached in that time.
“So you know, the way things are going right now, it’s looking that way,” he said, referring to a potential strike. “So hopefully, you know, things can change."
The UAW backed Biden’s 2020 presidential bid, but when he asked whether Biden will get the union's endorsement again, Fain said it is standing by withholding an endorsement for now. Fain has said Biden would need to address concerns about the auto industry’s transition to all-electric vehicles, including concerns about job security, pay and organizing.
“We’ll make the decision when the time is right — when our members decide that time is right, and our leadership. And, you know, it’s a process we go through. The one thing we’ve made clear is that our endorsements are going to be earned, not freely given. It’s one thing we’re doing differently, and there’s a lot of work left to be done here.
Fain reiterated his denouncement of former President Donald Trump, referring to comments he made during his 2016 election campaign.
“I’ll never forget in the ’16 race when he spoke about workers in Michigan, union jobs and the Midwest, and said we need to do a rotation in this country, we need to move those jobs to other places that pay less money and then those people'll be begging for their jobs back for anything,” he said. “That’s not a person I want as my president.”
Fain also took issue with Trump’s recently calling on autoworkers to stop paying their union dues while criticizing union leadership in a post to his Truth Social platform this week.
“That’s not someone that represents working-class people. He’s part of the billionaire class; we need to not forget that,” he said. “And that’s what our members need to think about when they go to vote.”
The White House and Biden's campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In response to Fain’s remarks, the Trump campaign released a statement saying Trump vows to call for a repeal of Biden’s electric vehicle mandate if he is elected.
“Joe Biden’s Electric Vehicle mandate will murder the U.S. auto industry and kill countless union autoworker jobs forever," the campaign said. "There is no such thing as a 'fair transition' to the destruction of these workers’ livelihoods and the obliteration of this cherished American industry. The only acceptable policy for UAW members should be the complete and total repeal of Biden’s catastrophic EV mandate."
there are alot of ford workers that voted for trump and if trump runs again ready to vote for him again CA is one of them i told him ca trump hates unions where would you be without your union
