{"id":2024937,"date":"2023-09-07T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-leader-pushes-back-against-joe-bidens-claims-of-avoiding-a-strike\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T17:14:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:14:26","slug":"uaw-leader-pushes-back-against-joe-bidens-claims-of-avoiding-a-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-leader-pushes-back-against-joe-bidens-claims-of-avoiding-a-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"UAW leader refutes Biden&#8217;s strike avoidance claims."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fuaw-leader-pushes-back-against-joe-bidens-claims-of-avoiding-a-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=2024937&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--><h2>The United Auto Workers Leader Pushes Back Against President Biden&#8217;s Claims<\/h2>\n<p>The leader of\u2063 the United Auto Workers is pushing back \u200dagainst President Joe Biden&#8217;s claims that an impending strike is unlikely, \u2064saying that the union is focusing on reaching an \u2062agreement with automakers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne thing\u2062 we\u2019ve said from the \u200doutset is \u2064things are not going to \u2063be as they\u200c always have been,&#8221;\u2064 he said. &#8220;The companies in \u200dpast negotiations\u2062 always \u2064have \u200ca tendency to drag\u200c things out until the very end, and\u200d then they want to\u200c drop a bunch \u200bof stuff and\u2062 just scramble,\u201d\u2064 UAW \u200dPresident Shawn Fain said in an interview\u200c on MSNBC&#8217;s Morning Joe. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve told them from Day One that we don\u2019t intend to do things that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Potential Strike Looms<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSo you \u2063know,\u2062 the way things are going\u200d right now, it\u2019s looking \u2062that way,\u201d\u2064 he continued, referring to \u2064a potential strike. \u201cSo hopefully, you\u200b know, \u2062things can change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u200ddismissed concerns\u2062 of a possible strike \u2064earlier this week as he headed to Philadelphia to deliver comments at the Sheet Metal Workers&#8217; Local 19\u200c celebrating \u2062Labor\u2063 Day and \u200dhonoring unions at the Annual Tri-State\u200c Labor Day Parade.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;No, I\u2019m not worried about a strike until it happens,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;I don\u2019t think it\u2019s \u200cgoing to happen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Union&#8217;s Bargaining Plans<\/h3>\n<p>Fain stressed that\u200d the union\u2062 plans to bargain with all\u200d three Detroit \u2063automakers, General Motors, Ford Motor \u200cCo., and \u200dStellantis, ahead of the \u200ccontract expiration\u2063 on Sept. \u200d14. UAW\u2062 voted in favor of a strike if demands are\u2063 not met by next \u2064week.<\/p>\n<p>UAW\u2062 has\u200b withheld its endorsement of Biden\u200d for his reelection \u2063campaign,\u2063 despite \u2062endorsing him in 2020. Fain said on \u200bThursday that\u2063 the union is standing by its decision to \u2063withhold\u2063 an endorsement until he addresses certain concerns, including the auto industry&#8217;s transition to electric vehicles, job \u2062security, \u2064pay, and organizing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll \u200cmake\u200b the decision when \u200cthe time is right \u2014 when our members decide\u2064 that time is right,\u200b and our\u200b leadership,&#8221; Fain said. &#8220;And, you know,\u200b it\u2019s a process we go through. The one thing we<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-condemns-charges-against-pro-democracy-activists-in-hong-kong\/\" title=\"Secretary Of State Antony Blinken Condemns Charges Against Pro-Democracy Activists in Hong Kong\">\u2019ve made clear<\/a> \u200cis that our endorsements are going to be earned,\u200c not freely given. It\u2019s one\u200b thing we\u2019re\u200b doing differently, and there\u2019s a lot \u2062of\u200c work left to be done here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He said that Biden, who describes himself\u2063 as the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-board-dismisses-union-misconduct-complaints-following-biden-purge\/\" title=\"Labor Board Dismisses Union Misconduct Complaints Following Biden Purge\">pro-union president<\/a>, had\u2064 good intentions &#8220;when \u2064he\u200b said\u2064 he \u200cwants these to good-paid, or \u200dthese to \u2062be union jobs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But as I said, you give the company\u200d an\u2062 inch, they take a mile. The companies interpret that\u200b as they have \u200dno problem with this being union jobs, \u2063but they\u200c want it to be a race to the bottom,\u201d Fain said, \u200breferring to\u2064 slow pay increases in the past.<\/p>\n<h3>General Motors&#8217; Offer and UAW&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>General Motors\u2062 released a statement on Thursday stating that it had\u2063 &#8220;progressed to \u2064more detailed discussions&#8221; in\u2064 the talks and made\u200b the union an offer \u200c&#8221;considering everything in our environment including competitor offers and what is important \u200dto \u200dour\u200d team members,&#8221; according to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062offer includes &#8220;well-deserved wage \u2064improvements&#8221; that exceed a 2019 agreement, the \u2062motor company said.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200b Fain\u2064 called\u2064 the offer &#8220;insulting&#8221; in a statement to the\u2062 outlet.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;After refusing to \u200cbargain \u200bin good faith\u2064 for the past\u2062 six weeks, \u200conly after \u200chaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-leader-pushes-back-against-joe-bidens-claims-of-avoiding-a-strike\/\" title=\"UAW leader refutes Biden's strike avoidance claims.\">federal labor board\u2063 charges filed<\/a> against them, GM\u2063 has come to the table with an\u200c insulting\u200b proposal that doesn\u2019t come close to an equitable\u200b agreement\u200c for America\u2019s autoworkers,&#8221;\u2064 Fain&#8217;s statement \u2064said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ \u2062MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>leader of the United Auto Workers disagrees with President Biden&#8217;s view that a strike is improbable. 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