The head of the largest U.S. autoworkers union on Thursday highlighted the yawning chasm between former President Donald Trump's campaign promises to protect the country's auto industry and the 2024 Republican nominee's White House record—which includes hundreds of thousands of lost manufacturing jobs. Speaking on a call hosted by the campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, United …
DETROIT — Putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket increases the Democrats’ chance of winning Michigan and keeping the White House in November, the head of the United Auto Workers union says. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Shawn Fain said former President Donald Trump is beholden to billionaires, knows nothing about the …
WARREN, Michigan — President Joe Biden chatted with a friendly union crowd inside a United Auto Workers hall in Michigan on Thursday as pro-Palestinian demonstrators held back by police with riot shields voiced their anger nearby at the president’s full-throated support for Israel in its war with Hamas. Biden’s visit with autoworkers making phone bank calls for him ahead of …
LOADING ERROR LOADING DETROIT — Donald Trump claimed he came to Michigan on Wednesday to show solidarity with striking autoworkers. “In other words, your current negotiations don’t mean as much as you think.” Trump falsely claimed that President Biden’s electric vehicle subsidies would require them to get rid of their trucks and lead to the end of the U.S. auto …
