{"id":2002404,"date":"2023-08-16T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-for-auto-union-and-big-three-automakers-to-reach-deal-avoid-strike\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T12:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:21:48","slug":"biden-calls-for-auto-union-and-big-three-automakers-to-reach-deal-avoid-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-for-auto-union-and-big-three-automakers-to-reach-deal-avoid-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden urges auto union and Big Three automakers to settle, prevent strike."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-calls-for-auto-union-and-big-three-automakers-to-reach-deal-avoid-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>President Joe Biden is urging\u2064 the \u200btop three U.S. automakers and the United Auto Workers union to \u200dcome to an agreement and avoid a strike.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064negotiations between\u200c the Detroit-based\u200c carmakers\u2063 Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis and the auto workers union are still ongoing, with \u200dthe critical labor\u200d contract deadline just\u200d a month \u200baway.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 UAW is demanding \u2063significant \u200bpay raises of 40 percent or more, along with increases in CEO salaries and a reversal of\u2062 past \u2064concessions \u200bmade by the union.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border border-[#D3D3D3] px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/uaw-workers-reject-cnh-offer-extending-8-month-strike-4970020\">UAW\u2064 Workers Reject CNH\u200b Offer, Extending 8-month \u200cStrike<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">1\/8\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/uaw-workers-reject-cnh-offer-extending-8-month-strike-4970020\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/no-current-talks-with-tesla-about-potential-union-vote-uaw-president-4371496\">No Current Talks With Tesla About Potential Union \u200cVote: UAW President<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">3\/31\/2022<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/no-current-talks-with-tesla-about-potential-union-vote-uaw-president-4371496\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The White House is \u200cclosely monitoring the negotiations \u2063as both sides \u200dare\u200b far from reaching\u200c a deal.<\/p>\n<h2>Strike \u200cLooming This Month<\/h2>\n<p>A potential strike by the auto union could \u2063have significant economic\u2062 and political consequences for the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064July, President Biden and \u200bUAW President Shawn Fain met briefly in the West Wing, where\u2063 union leadership presented their demands \u2062to senior\u2062 White House staff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The contracts between UAW and\u2063 General \u200dMotors, Ford, and Stellantis, which include brands like Dodge, Ram, and Chrysler, are set to expire on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fain rejected the most\u2064 recent offer from Stellantis and publicly discarded a copy of \u200cthe offer.<\/p>\n<p>The union has authorized plans for a strike vote on Aug. 14 at all three companies, and the announcement\u2062 is\u200c expected soon.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, UAW would strike \u2063at one company while putting the other two \u2062on \u2062hold, focusing on reaching a deal\u200b with the first company before moving on to the others.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b union typically \u200dfollows this pattern of striking at the remaining two automakers.<\/p>\n<h2>Green Agenda<\/h2>\n<p>The labor negotiations are \u2062a \u200dsensitive\u2064 topic for President Biden\u2062 and Democrats as they navigate \u200btheir\u200c green agenda of transitioning to electric vehicles while supporting \u200cunion workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As\u200c the Big\u2062 Three \u200dauto\u2064 companies and the United Auto Workers come together\u2014one month\u200c before the expiration of their contract\u2014to negotiate a \u200dnew agreement, I want \u200cto be clear about where I stand. I\u2019m asking all sides to\u200b work together to forge\u2063 a fair agreement,&#8221; said President Biden in an Aug.\u200b 14 statement.<\/p>\n<p>Although the AFL-CIO\u200d has\u2063 already endorsed President Biden&#8217;s \u2064reelection bid, UAW has yet to make a presidential endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>The president reiterated his\u2064 support for electric vehicles while \u200burging the companies to \u2063address\u2062 the union&#8217;s concerns about the transition to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-profited-from-joe-biden-losing-energy-race-with-communist-china\/\" title=\"Report: Hunter Biden Profited from Joe Biden Losing Energy Race with Communist China\">battery-powered vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, he emphasized \u2062the union&#8217;s \u200b&#8221;fair\u2062 transition&#8221; to\u2062 clean energy, highlighting the potential for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moral-imperative-biden-announces-new-emissions-target-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis\/\" title=\"\u2018Moral Imperative\u2019: Biden Announces New Emissions Target To \u2018Tackle The Climate Crisis\u2019\">middle-class jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UAW\u2063 is \u2063concerned about the \u200bautomakers&#8217;\u200c plan to completely switch to EVs \u2063by mid-century and has expressed worries about economic issues, such as federally subsidized work going to non-union battery \u200cplants.<\/p>\n<h2>President\u2064 Calls for Compromise<\/h2>\n<p>President Biden also praised key union priorities, including the right for workers to\u200d organize, providing family-supporting jobs, and ensuring fair industry transitions that prioritize retooling, rebooting, and rehiring in the same\u200d factories and communities at comparable\u200b wages.<\/p>\n<p>However, the lower wages \u2062at battery production facilities compared to\u2062 other manufacturing \u200cteams remain \u2063a point of\u200d contention for\u200d UAW.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, assembling a battery-operated EV takes about two-thirds less time\u200d than\u2064 a vehicle\u200b with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-philadelphias-proterra-fleet-in-complete-shambles\/\" title=\"Report: Philadelphia\u2019s Proterra Fleet in Complete Shambles\">internal combustion engine<\/a> and transmission, as\u200b it \u2064has \u2063fewer moving \u200bparts.<\/p>\n<p>UAW&#8217;s demands,\u200d released in early August, include protections in case of plant closures and significant pay raises.<\/p>\n<p>The union also insists that workers at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-for-auto-union-and-big-three-automakers-to-reach-deal-avoid-strike\/\" title=\"Biden urges auto union and Big Three automakers to settle, prevent strike.\">joint-owned\u2062 battery plants \u2063receive\u2062 comparable\u200c wages<\/a> and \u2063safety standards as other union\u2064 workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;C<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden urged the leading American automakers and the United Auto Workers union to reach an agreement and prevent a strike. Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, based in Detroit, are currently in talks with the union, with only a month left before the crucial labor contract deadline. 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