Biden to meet with rank-and-file UAW members during visit to Michigan

Source: The Hill

02/01/24 5:00 AM ET


President Biden is headed to Michigan on Thursday to meet with United Auto Workers (UAW) members on the heels of the group’s endorsement of his reelection campaign.

Biden will participate in a discussion with rank-and-file workers at a UAW hall near Detroit, his campaign said. UAW President Shawn Fain will also attend, with the event focusing on the issues at stake in November’s election.

“Everything we do as a union, including this election, is about building power for the working class,” Fain said in a statement provided by the Biden campaign. “We can elect a President who stands up for workers, or we can elect a billionaire who sides with the billionaires. Right now, tens of thousands of autoworkers are standing up to win a better life across this country, and we need a President who will support those workers, not one who will attack them every step of the way. The UAW knows where we stand, and who stands with us — Joe Biden.”

The UAW endorsed Biden last week. Fain said the president had earned the group’s backing with his commitment to working-class Americans, and he lashed out at former President Trump as a “scab” who “stands against everything we stand for as a union.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4441084-biden-to-meet-with-rank-and-file-uaw-members-during-visit-to-michigan/