On September 15, the UAW announced a strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. The strike locations are spread across 21 states. With 14, Michigan has the most strike plants in the country.
The former president will visit the facility after President Joe Biden visited the facility Tuesday to join striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union workers on the picket line.
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While skipping a second Republican debate on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump will speak to a group of mostly retired UAW workers in Macomb County, at a factory that is not connected to the UAW.
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Early last week, Trump made his visit official and said he would speak with active and retired UAW members. The plant went public Monday and Drake Enterprises is a non-union manufacturer and supplier, according to the Michigan AFL-CIO.
The former president also criticized Biden’s visit to Detroit on Tuesday, saying the Democrat only announced it after Trump arranged his trip.
Due to the conflict between the two presidents, Michigan will once again be a crucial swing state in the 2024 presidential election. Biden received the support of the UAW four years ago and is currently running for re-election.
Current UAW President Shawn Fain said, “Every fiber of our union is invested in fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at the expense of working people. We cannot continue to elect billionaires and millionaires who have no understanding of what it means to live paycheck to paycheck and are struggling to get by and expected to solve the problems of the working class.”
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On Tuesday, Fain was on the tarmac at DTW when Biden arrived, and they traveled together to Belleville as they stood side by side on the picket lines while Biden spoke to members outside the center of redistribution from General Motors by telling them that they deserved a “significant increase”. »
The union and the presidency have never been closer; so it was a historic event for both. However, on the 13th day of a strike against GM, Ford and Stellantis, the president was present with protesters on the picket line.
Fain echoed the president’s comments before paying tribute to the importance of factories during World War II.
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According to Fain, the democratic arsenal was built 80 years ago, and today, “it’s a different type of democratic arsenal and a different war that we are fighting.” Today, the enemy is no longer miles away. It’s here in our own region.
“It is corporate greed, and the weapon we produce to fight this enemy is the real liberators, the people of the working class, all of you who work hard on these lines to provide excellent products to our businesses. This is how we are going to defeat these people, by standing together,” as everyone applauded.
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According to Charles Ballard, professor emeritus of economics at Michigan State University, Michigan and its blue-collar workers are a focal point for both parties. As Donald Trump attempts to win over white working-class voters, Biden appeals to the UAW’s efforts to secure better wages and benefits.
He said: “I think he’s going to try to continue to appeal to white, working-class voters, which includes many union members. »
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