Automakers Must Offer Record Contracts For UAW Members, Says President Biden
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President Biden recently issued a statement addressing the current contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union and the Big Three Detroit automakers, voicing support for union members now engaged in targeted strikes at GM, Ford, and Stellantis. President Biden echoed statements made by UAW President Shawn Fain in stating that record profits generated by the Big Three automakers should result in record contracts for union members. Although this is not the first time President Biden has weighed in on the UAW negotiations, it is the first time he has openly supported the union striking.
“Over the past decade, auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of the UAW workers. But those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers,” President Biden said Friday afternoon.
“No one wants a strike. But I respect workers’ right to use their options under the collective bargaining system,” he added.
President Biden said that he was dispatching Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and White House Senior Advisor Gene Sperling to Detroit in order help the UAW and Big Three automakers reach an equitable deal.
The UAW began targeted strikes at specific production facilities following the expiration of the previous labor contracts Thursday night. So far, UAW members have staged walkouts at the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri, Ford’s Wayne Assembly Plant in Michigan, and the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio.
“From job security to ending tiers, from cost-of-living allowance to wage increases, we do not yet have offers on the table that reflect the sacrifice and contributions our members have made to these companies,” said UAW President Fain on Thursday. “To win, we’re likely going to have to take action.”
The UAW has yet to endorse Biden for re-election, arguing that the Inflation Reduction Act does not provide adequate protection for unions in the industry-wide transition to all-electric vehicles. Biden faced criticism from union leaders late last year after signing a bill that blocked a strike by U.S. rail workers.
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Coming from the least popular president in modern history…Biden should just stfu. He will do more damage to the UAW then they are doing to themselves.
I find your statement comical. The least popular was his predecessor. People that think otherwise are dumber than you. And that’s pretty bad.
Joe will be getting on Mary’s bad side ,when he shows up at the union rally.
He just doesn’t know when to leave things alone. I have never seen a President get directly involved in a unions contract dispute except to try and get the sides together not pick a side.He is just showing how incompetent he really is and how out of touch he is with the American people!!
He is kissing every A$$ he can to gather votes an idiot that cant remember what he said 10 minutes ago…and his handlers/democratic party will do everything they can to maintain control of the Presidency..at no matter what cost to the citizens of this country who are still suffering , economically, heath care , etc.!
Frank, is it just you or is your whole family as stupid as you?
Dumb.
Joe won’t visit or help the people in East Palestine, Ohio. He won’t help the people in Maui, he has let over 8 million illegals into this country with no end in sight and has given over 120 billion to a proxy war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, gas prices, food costs, and credit card debt are at an all-time high, and the American people are suffering, Does he care, no, his priority is to go stand in a picket line to show support for the UAW. What a bunch of BS. He will say, with support from the media, that the corporations are making record profits and need to share the wealth. Joe couldn’t care less. If he did, he would have addressed all the above issues I mentioned. He is only there to get votes, period. Wake up America, this president needs to be in an assistant living house, not the White House.
This is actually funny. There is no truth in anything you have written. You are just another Fox News fool.
You know when a democrat is loosing his arguments he gets personal and makes derogatory comments against his opponents remarks.Try to be less biased and more objective
Spot on, Frank. It’s first-rate infantile behavior when the Democrat doesn’t get his way. Simply unable to process being wrong…thus the lashing out and subsequent insults and name-calling.
Frank, you are guilty of what you are accusing me of. There is nothing about you that is objective. You fall for every stupid thing the republicans put out. Try to be more objective.
Acc I know why you have gone personal against my comment because you are the one who needs schooling in economics and what this incompetent has caused the last two years.If you are a 1% person then the economy has not affected you but the rest of us are suffering under this administration
Frank, the only thing you’re suffering from is listening to conservative B.S. and not verifying what you hear. You’re just another sap for Fox News. Try thinking for yourself.
Are you forgetting, Mary took the cash from Joe to push the EV propaganda.
Mary will take anything from anybody. But give something? Not a chance. She just takes. EVs are not propaganda. If you knew anything about science, you’d realize that.
The MAJORITY of drivers will not get them and the ones that do ,have to get a incentive before they think about it.
ACZ you need to go the grocery stores and see what everything is coating since this guy is in the White House.It seems you forgot the inflation of 9+%.Gas is over 3.30 for regular when it was $1.87 under the last administration .Milk is over $4 ,bread over $3 and eggs over $4 but by your standards that’s normal.interest is over 6%.Try and be realistic and stop your woke left liberal bs.He has forced gm into this ev bs and the majority of car buyers don’t want them yet this government is mandating this upon the American people like it or not and he has people,loose them,like you blowing his horn of discontent.And I don’t watch fox either just trying to make ends meet on my fixed wage
Frank, ignore ACZ. I too went back and forth with him and he said I needed to take a course in economics 101. Since he is touting everything is great and he is happy, I wanted to get a little information from him so we too can take note and action to be as happy and successful as he is. I asked him what state he lived in, what he did for a living, how much a year he made, what his highest level of education was, and how old he was. No reply. Need I say more?
Only that you’re as big a jackass as Frank.
Why resort to name calling when both were simply pointing out facts? These guys are expressing their discontent with our country’s current financial situation, particularly when compared to what it was when this administration took over. You obviously have a different perspective, which is why questions were asked of your background and qualifications. They hoped to understand the differences in what they saw and what you are seeing. Why name call when someone is trying to understand your perspective?
Biden is a dope! Been a lying dope his whole life. Anyone voting for him is a dope and not very well educated. Most Union members lack even a high school education! You can train monkeys to do their jobs! They even voted a moron into the Whitehouse! Come on man! Bunch of Pony Boy Soldiers!! LOL!! You get what you voted for, a brain dead idiot! Hope they all go bankrupt! The Big three Detroit mfgs. Don’t you just love it!