{"id":2306736,"date":"2024-07-23T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-slow-walks-harris-endorsement-after-stalling-on-backing-biden-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T11:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T15:43:42","slug":"uaw-slow-walks-harris-endorsement-after-stalling-on-backing-biden-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-slow-walks-harris-endorsement-after-stalling-on-backing-biden-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"UAW slow-walks Harris endorsement after stalling on backing Biden &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fuaw-slow-walks-harris-endorsement-after-stalling-on-backing-biden-washington-examiner%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=2306736&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--><p>The article discusses the United Auto Workers (UAW) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-antrim-co-forensic-report-bombshell-reveals-dominion-machines-were-set-at-68-05-error-ratemeaning-68-05-of-ballots-could-be-sent-out-for-mass-adjudication-giving-individuals-or-ma\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Antrim Co. Forensic Report BOMBSHELL Reveals Dominion Machines Were Set At 68.05% Error Rate\u2026Meaning 68.05% Of Ballots Could Be Sent Out For Mass Adjudication, Giving Individuals Or Machines Ability To Change 68.05% Of Votes\">slow-walking<\/a> their \u200cendorsement of Kamala Harris after hesitating \u2064to back Joe Biden. UAW\u200c President Shawn Fain stated that \u2064the union will take its time before deciding whether to\u200c endorse Harris, emphasizing the importance of having fruitful discussions. Despite praising Biden as the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-still-weighing-china-tariff-options-as-requests-to-keep-them-pile-up\/\" title=\"Biden Still Weighing China Tariff Options as Requests to Keep Them Pile Up\">pro-labor president<\/a>, the UAW did not endorse him for a\u2063 second term until nine months\u2063 after he announced his reelection \u2062campaign. The delay in endorsement was due to ongoing negotiations with auto companies and concerns about government spending on electric vehicles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UAW slow-walks Harris endorsement after stalling on backing Biden<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1710349\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Now that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> is out of the race, politicians, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-gov-hopefuls-side-with-union-in-fight-over-virginia-school-closures\/\" title=\"Dem Gov Hopefuls Side With Union in Fight Over Virginia School Closures\">special interest groups<\/a>, and labor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>unions<\/a> are all quickly endorsing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, except for the United Auto Workers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UAW President Shawn Fain said his union is going to take its time before it decides whether to endorse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not going to rush in and just throw it out there,&rdquo; Fain said during an interview with MSNBC&rsquo;s Jen Psaki. &ldquo;We want to have fruitful discussions when we meet, and I think it&rsquo;s important we do that. We owe that to them.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Fain proclaimed Biden to be the &ldquo;greatest president of my lifetime, the most pro-labor president of my lifetime,&rdquo; the labor union did not endorse Biden for a second term until nine months after Biden announced he was running for reelection in April 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The UAW endorsement was withheld as the Big Three auto companies were in the works of negotiating new contracts with auto workers, and there was also concern with the amount of money being spent by the federal government on electric vehicles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The EV transition is at serious risk of becoming a race to the bottom,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2023\/05\/05\/uaw-joe-biden-shawn-fain-president-endorsement\/70183759007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement <\/a>said. &ldquo;We want to see national leadership have our back on this before we make any commitments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, while working out contracts with the Big Three, Fain negotiated protections for EV and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-halts-work-on-chinese-backed-ev-battery-plant-amid-union-strike\/\" title=\"Ford stops Chinese-backed EV battery plant due to union strike.\">battery plant workers<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never been opposed to [the EV transition], we just want it to be a just transition, and we don&rsquo;t want workers left behind. That&rsquo;s it,&rdquo; Fain said in a November interview.<\/p>\n<p>When the UAW strike broke out in September, Fain praised Biden for going down to the picket line. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump addressed the event at a nonunion company called Drake Enterprises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fain also praised Harris for being at the picket line during the 2019 General Motors strike, where Trump had not made an appearance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He said nothing, he did nothing &mdash; not a damn thing because he doesn&rsquo;t care about the American worker,&rdquo; Fain said regarding Trump&rsquo;s actions during the 2019 strike.&nbsp;&ldquo;Donald Trump is a billionaire, and that&rsquo;s who he represents. Donald Trump stands against everything we stand for as a union, as a society.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1710349\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1710349\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article discusses the United Auto Workers (UAW) slow-walking their \u200cendorsement of Kamala Harris after hesitating \u2064to back Joe Biden. UAW\u200c President Shawn Fain stated that \u2064the union will take its time before deciding whether to\u200c endorse Harris, emphasizing the importance of having fruitful discussions. Despite praising Biden as the most pro-labor president, the UAW &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2306737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24205391271481-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35892,13597,25982],"class_list":["post-2306736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris-endorsement","tag-stalling","tag-uaw"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24205391271481-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2306736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2306737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}