The UAW didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The
UAW formally endorsed Biden final week, with Fain stating “This alternative is obvious: Joe Biden wager on the American employee whereas Donald Trump blamed the American employee.”
Fain mentioned Biden “earned” the endorsement. Biden made the unprecedented transfer of showing on a UAW picket line in the course of the union’s six-week strike towards Detroit automakers final fall.
On the night time of the second Republican major debate,
Trump gave a speech to present and former members of the autoworkers’ union on the thirteenth day of their strike. The occasion was held at a non-unionized auto components provider.
On CBS Information’ “Face the Nation,” Fain mentioned that he “can’t fathom any union supporting Trump.”
Trump is scheduled to fulfill with Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and union members subsequent week, as that union has but to endorse a presidential candidate.
“Donald Trump has a historical past of serving himself and standing for the billionaire class and that’s opposite to every little thing that working-class folks stand for,” Fain mentioned Sunday.
