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JohnnyRingo

(18,634 posts)
Sat Sep 23, 2023, 10:28 AM Sep 2023

Great newspaper article on Trump's coming visit to the UAW picket line. [View all]

He's not as welcome as his campaign lets on. I'll not post much of it because I want to strongly encourage everyone to read it in its entirety. It's scathingly rich.

Former Lordstown GM union official says Trump’s no ally
Union leaders, including former Lordstown official, say he’s no ally

LANSING, Mich. — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit next week, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster” for workers.

Trump will bypass the second Republican presidential debate Wednesday to instead visit striking autoworkers in Michigan, where he has looked to position himself as an ally of blue-collar workers by promising to raise wages and protect jobs if elected to a second term.

But union leaders say Trump’s record in the White House speaks for itself. Union leaders have said his first term was far from worker-friendly, citing unfavorable rulings from the nation’s top labor board and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as unfulfilled promises of automotive jobs. While the United Auto Workers union has withheld an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race, its leadership has repeatedly rebuffed Trump.

The rest is here:
https://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2023/09/former-lordstown-gm-union-official-says-trumps-no-ally/

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