UAW votes to endorse Kamala Harris for president
FOX 2 Staff
Wed, July 31, 2024
FOX 2 Staff
Wed, July 31, 2024
FOX 2 (WJBK) - The United Auto Workers Internation Executive Board voted to endorse the presumptive Democrat candidate for president, Kamala Harris, on Wednesday.
Vice President Harris received the endorsement following President Joe Biden's recent pulling out of the 2024 race. Biden received the endorsement previously.
One of the reasons the UAW said, was due to the Biden-Harris administration's track record of supporting the UAW, including the recent strike in 2023.
"Years before the Stand Up Strike, Kamala Harris walked the picket line with striking autoworkers in 2019, has taken on corporate price-gouging and profiteering, and has spoken out and voted against unfair trade deals that hurt the American worker like NAFTA and NAFTA 2.0, the USMCA," said the UAW in a statement.
Harris is coming to Detroit for a campaign stop on Wednesday, August 7. The Harris for President campaign will come to Detroit to rally with UAW members and Michigan voters.
UAW President Shawn Fain released a statement about the race and his trust in Harris.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain gestures in solidarity with striking workers during a rally at UAW Local 551 on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
"Our job in this election is to defeat Donald Trump and elect Kamala Harris to build on her proven track record of delivering for the working class," said UAW President Shawn Fain. "We stand at a crossroads in this country.
"We can put a billionaire back in office who stands against everything our union stands for, or we can elect Kamala Harris who will stand shoulder to shoulder with us in our war on corporate greed.
"This campaign is bringing together people from all walks of life, building a movement that can defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box. For our one million active and retired members, the choice is clear: We will elect Kamala Harris to be our next President this November."
Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), center, walks with demonstrators during a United Auto Workers (UAW) practice picket outside the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. The union is locked in tough contract talks with Detroit's Big Three automakers, and a work stoppage is possible when their current agreement expires on Sept. 14. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMore
But the Trump campaign is pushing back.
"Union workers and all the nation's working families are paying the price for dangerously liberal Kamala Harris' failed economic policies," a statement from Trump's campaign read, in part. "Kamala Harris' radical electric vehicle mandate will destroy the livelihoods of countless U.S. autoworkers while sending the U.S. auto industry to China. President Trump will reverse Harris' extreme electric vehicle mandate on Day One and save the U.S. auto industry for generations to come."
Despite the UAW endorsement, many say it’s way too early to tell if Harris will take Michigan, and the White House, after November.
"She has a lot of people backing her up," one voter said. "We’ll just have to see how this pans out."
Vice President Harris received the endorsement following President Joe Biden's recent pulling out of the 2024 race. Biden received the endorsement previously.
One of the reasons the UAW said, was due to the Biden-Harris administration's track record of supporting the UAW, including the recent strike in 2023.
"Years before the Stand Up Strike, Kamala Harris walked the picket line with striking autoworkers in 2019, has taken on corporate price-gouging and profiteering, and has spoken out and voted against unfair trade deals that hurt the American worker like NAFTA and NAFTA 2.0, the USMCA," said the UAW in a statement.
Harris is coming to Detroit for a campaign stop on Wednesday, August 7. The Harris for President campaign will come to Detroit to rally with UAW members and Michigan voters.
UAW President Shawn Fain released a statement about the race and his trust in Harris.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain gestures in solidarity with striking workers during a rally at UAW Local 551 on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
"Our job in this election is to defeat Donald Trump and elect Kamala Harris to build on her proven track record of delivering for the working class," said UAW President Shawn Fain. "We stand at a crossroads in this country.
"We can put a billionaire back in office who stands against everything our union stands for, or we can elect Kamala Harris who will stand shoulder to shoulder with us in our war on corporate greed.
"This campaign is bringing together people from all walks of life, building a movement that can defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box. For our one million active and retired members, the choice is clear: We will elect Kamala Harris to be our next President this November."
Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), center, walks with demonstrators during a United Auto Workers (UAW) practice picket outside the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. The union is locked in tough contract talks with Detroit's Big Three automakers, and a work stoppage is possible when their current agreement expires on Sept. 14. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMore
But the Trump campaign is pushing back.
"Union workers and all the nation's working families are paying the price for dangerously liberal Kamala Harris' failed economic policies," a statement from Trump's campaign read, in part. "Kamala Harris' radical electric vehicle mandate will destroy the livelihoods of countless U.S. autoworkers while sending the U.S. auto industry to China. President Trump will reverse Harris' extreme electric vehicle mandate on Day One and save the U.S. auto industry for generations to come."
Despite the UAW endorsement, many say it’s way too early to tell if Harris will take Michigan, and the White House, after November.
"She has a lot of people backing her up," one voter said. "We’ll just have to see how this pans out."
Opinion
Kamala Nabs Major Endorsement Over Trump
Paige Oamek
Wed, July 31, 2024
The United Auto Workers announced Wednesday that their union would endorse Kamala Harris for president.
The union’s executive board came to the decision because of “the Biden-Harris administration’s proven track record of standing with the UAW and delivering major gains for the working class,” according to a press release from the union.
“Our job in this election is to defeat Donald Trump and elect Kamala Harris to build on her proven track record of delivering for the working class,” said UAW President Shawn Fain in the statement. “We stand at a crossroads in this country. We can put a billionaire back in office who stands against everything our union stands for, or we can elect Kamala Harris who will stand shoulder to shoulder with us in our war on corporate greed.”
Following President Joe Biden’s endorsement of Harris, many unions, including the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, or AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, or IBEW, and the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, rushed to back Harris. But the UAW held off.
Fain even took heat when he appeared on MSNBC to say his union was “not going to rush” its Harris endorsement without the approval of the union members. The union had previously endorsed Biden in January.
In the UAW’s announcement, the union cited Harris’s commitment to workers on the picket line and in her voting records. “Kamala Harris walked the picket line with striking autoworkers in 2019, has taken on corporate price-gouging and profiteering, and has spoken out and voted against unfair trade deals that hurt the American worker like NAFTA and NAFTA 2.0, the USMCA,” the statement said.
Harris will head to Detroit on August 7 to rally with UAW members and Michigan voters. During that time, she will also meet directly with union members about the issues facing Michigan workers.
“This campaign is bringing together people from all walks of life, building a movement that can defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box,” said Fain. “For our one million active and retired members, the choice is clear: We will elect Kamala Harris to be our next President this November.”
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