{"id":2323777,"date":"2024-08-13T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-files-labor-charges-against-trump-and-musk-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T16:44:56","slug":"uaw-files-labor-charges-against-trump-and-musk-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-files-labor-charges-against-trump-and-musk-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"UAW files labor charges against Trump and Musk &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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-files-labor-charges-against-trump-and-musk-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=2323777&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 \u2063United Auto Workers (UAW)\u200c has filed federal labor charges\u2064 against \u2063former\u2064 President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, claiming they advocated for the unlawful firing of \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kkk-princess-former-office-actor-under-fire-over-debutante-ball-she-attended-two-decades-ago\/\" title=\"\u2018KKK Princess\u2019: Former \u2019Office\u2018 Actor Under Fire Over Debutante Ball She Attended Two Decades Ago\">striking workers<\/a> \u200bduring an interview on X (formerly \u200cTwitter). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amusement-park-says-it-will-no-longer-host-pride-events-after-drag-performance-backfired\/\" title=\"Amusement park cancels Pride events after drag performance goes wrong.\">controversy\u200c arose<\/a> when Trump suggested that companies should \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-animosity-and-division-greg-gutfeld-says-biden-is-painting-the-unvaxxed-as-the-new-terrorists\/\" title=\"\u2018More Animosity And \u2026 Division\u2019: Greg Gutfeld Says Biden Is Painting \u2018The Unvaxxed\u2019 As \u2018The New Terrorists\u2019\">fire employees<\/a> who strike, which the UAW argues violates the National Labor\u200b Relations Act that protects\u2062 workers from being \u2064terminated \u200dfor striking.\u200c In their statement, the UAW \u2062emphasized\u200b that Trump&#8217;s comments represent a stance against \u200dthe rights and interests of workers, indicating that\u2062 he does not \u200csupport their \u2063union&#8217;s values or objectives.  <\/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 files labor charges against Trump and Musk, alleging worker intimidation<\/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_1729124\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Auto Workers<\/a> filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"federal labor charges\">federal labor charges<\/a> against former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elon Musk<\/a> on Tuesday following an interview on X in which Trump discussed firing employees who go on strike.<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation, whose start was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3118777\/five-takeaways-trump-x-conversation-elon-musk-marred-rocky-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>delayed due to technical difficulties<\/a>, Trump and Musk &ldquo;advocated for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/making-our-lives-more-difficult-starbucks-office-staff-revolt-as-company-makes-them-show-up-three-days-per-week\/\" title=\"\u2018Making Our Lives More Difficult\u2019: Starbucks Office Staff Revolt As Company Makes Them Show Up Three Days Per Week\">illegal firing<\/a> of striking workers,&rdquo; the UAW, which has endorsed Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris's\">Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> bid for president, wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, I look at what you do,&rdquo;&nbsp;Trump told Musk, who owns several companies, including SpaceX and Tesla. &ldquo;You walk in, you say, &lsquo;You want to quit?&rsquo; They go on strike. I won&rsquo;t mention the name of the company, but they go on strike, and you say, &lsquo;That&rsquo;s OK. You&rsquo;re all gone. You&rsquo;re all gone. So, every one of you is gone.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He&#8217;s for the billionaires. Not for you.<br \/>Donald Trump is a scab. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandUpUAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandUpUAW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hj10zDPbzw\">pic.twitter.com\/hj10zDPbzw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UAW (@UAW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UAW\/status\/1823343962012123254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the National Labor Relations Act, workers cannot be fired for going on strike, the UAW noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump stands against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean,&rdquo; UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Both Trump and Musk want working-class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly. It&rsquo;s disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns,&rdquo; Fain added.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to spokespeople for Trump and X for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation on X began with technical glitches that prevented the interview from starting on time. Forty minutes later, Musk and Trump were able to get online and were joined by more than 1.3 million people listening at the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has courted union voters in swing states such as Michigan, but he has repeatedly butted heads with Fain, who he said should be &ldquo;fired immediately&rdquo; at his nominating convention in July.<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement for Biden was delayed by months as UAW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2440351\/three-things-learned-from-uaw-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>strikes<\/a> erupted across the United States last year. Workers demanded&nbsp;higher wages and better benefits as companies transitioned to electric vehicle manufacturing, turmoil that Republicans have attempted to exploit to draw a contrast with the Democrats on climate policy.<\/p>\n<p> <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_1729124\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1729124\"}});<\/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 United Auto Workers (UAW) has lodged federal labor complaints against former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, claiming they intimidated workers. This action follows an interview on X where Trump talked about dismissing employees who participate in strikes. The UAW stated that during the discussion, which faced initial technical issues, both Trump and Musk &#8220;supported the unlawful termination of striking workers.&#8221; In his remarks to Musk\u2014who leads several companies like SpaceX and Tesla\u2014Trump said, \u201cYou walk in, you say, \u2018You want to quit?\u2019 They go on strike&#8230; You say, \u2018That\u2019s fine. You\u2019re all gone.\u2019\u201d The UAW emphasized that under the National Labor Relations Act, it is illegal to fire workers for striking. UAW President Shawn Fain criticized Trump as a &#8220;scab,&#8221; asserting that he opposes union values and wants working-class individuals to be silent while mocking their struggles. The conversation attracted over 1.3 million listeners after overcoming initial delays. Although Trump has sought support from union voters in key states like Michigan, he has clashed with Fain previously and suggested at a convention that Fain should be dismissed immediately. Meanwhile, the UAW&#8217;s endorsement for Biden was postponed due to widespread strikes last year as workers pushed for better wages and benefits amid shifts towards electric vehicle production\u2014a situation Republicans have tried to leverage against Democrats regarding climate policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2323778,"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\/08\/UAW-labor-charges-shawn-fain-trump-musk-1024x680.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38004,4250,3634,25982],"class_list":["post-2323777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-labor-charges","tag-musk","tag-trump","tag-uaw"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/UAW-labor-charges-shawn-fain-trump-musk-1024x680.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323777","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}