Solidarity with factory workers
US President Joe Biden has expressed solidarity with the striking factory workers of the ‘Big Three’. Work has come to a standstill in the US at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis and Biden came to support the strikers.
Factory workers at the ‘Big Three’ in the United States have resigned because they are demanding higher wages. President Joe Biden visited some of these striking employees in Michigan, wearing a cap with the logo of the UAW union and addressing the strikers with a megaphone. According to Biden, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis are doing good business and this should also apply to their employees. He believes they deserve a significant pay increase.
The White House called the visit historic. “It is the first time in modern times that a sitting president has attended such a meeting of strikers,” spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said. The strikers present clearly showed their enthusiasm about the visit. Biden hopes to be re-elected next year and wants to show that he is pro-union. He was accompanied by union chief Shawn Fain of the UAW union, the United Auto Workers. That is a boost for Biden, because the association normally gives political support to Democratic presidential candidates, but withheld it from Biden earlier this year. According to American media, this had to do with concerns about the transition to electric cars.
Donald Trump, Biden’s Republican rival, is also scheduled to visit Michigan today. According to him, Biden’s policy is a danger to American car manufacturers and their employees. The former president has warned employees on social media that they could experience negative consequences from Biden’s sustainability plans. “Remember, he wants to take your jobs and give them to China.”
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl