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United Auto Workers President Warns Biden That Trump’s EV Attacks Touch a Nerve
- Fain says 2024 candidates must earn UAW’s endorsement
- Union is in contract negotiations with ‘Big Three’ carmakers
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President Joe Biden and Democrats need to do more to support the United Auto Workers’ fight for higher wages at battery plants — or they’ll be vulnerable to claims that electric vehicles are destroying good-paying auto jobs, the union’s top leader said.
Former President Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican frontrunner, has attacked Biden’s EV agenda, warning the transition to electric cars will “decimate” auto jobs. UAW President Shawn Fain, who’s been fighting the idling of a Stellantis NV assembly plant in Illinois and other plants in Michigan, said Trump is touching a nerve.