United Auto Workers Endorse President Joe Biden
Today, United Auto Workers (UAW) announced their endorsement of President Biden and Vice President Harris for reelection at the UAW’s National “Stand Up For Our Future” Conference in Washington, D.C.
In his remarks, UAW President Shawn Fain cited President Biden’s historic commitment to union and labor rights, and the threat that Donald Trump poses to American workers:
“When I first came into office, we made some headlines by saying that our endorsements would be earned,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “Joe Biden bet on the American worker and Trump blamed the American worker. We need to know who’s going to sit in the most powerful seat in the world, and help us win as a united working class. So, if our endorsements must be earned, Joe Biden has earned it.”
In accepting the endorsement during today’s event, President Joe Biden said:
“We have more work to do, but our plan is delivering for the American people, building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. That’s what I said I was going to do, that’s what I tried to do as a senator and vice president. Because when we do that, the poor have a ladder up and the middle class does well, and the wealthy do well – although they should be paying a hell of a lot more taxes. We all do well. It’s called Bidenomics…
“This is a fundamental break from what used to be called trickle-down economics – that some Democrat presidents did as well as Republican… not a lot of trickle-down on my dad’s kitchen table growing up. There wasn’t a lot. The idea was if the wealthy do very well there’d be a lot left over and it’ll trickle down onto ordinary folks – well guess what, that trickle-down economy was super-charged by my predecessor. It cut taxes for the very wealthy and biggest corporations, it shipped good-paying jobs overseas because labor was cheaper, it shrank public investment in infrastructure and education, invested less. It hollowed out entire communities, closing factories… attacking unions, leaving too many Americans behind.
“In fact, when Donald Trump was in office, six auto factories closed around the country. Tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide during Trump’s presidency. During my presidency, we’ve opened 20 auto factories, with more to come. We’ve created more than 250,000 auto jobs all across America. And while I stood in solidarity with you on the picket line… Donald Trump went to a non-union shop and attacked you…
“We have a big fight in front of us. We’re fundamentally changing the economy in this country… All anyone wants is just a fair shot… That’s what my economic plan is all about. That’s what the UAW is all about. That’s what your battle has been about. The days of working people being dealt out of the deal are over in this country as long as I’m president.”
