Biden Supports UAW Organizing Tesla, Toyota Workers

  • UAW aims to build on historic deal with Detroit’s Big Three
  • Biden meets Fain to mark opening of idled Stellantis plant

The UAW failed at previous organizing efforts at foreign-based automakers in the US, such as Volkswagen AG.

Photographer: Kevin Wurm/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden threw his support behind the United Auto Workers’ efforts to unionize employees at Tesla Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp. in the wake of the labor group’s historic contract with Detroit’s Big Three automakers.

“Absolutely,” Biden told reporters Thursday when asked if he is in favor of the organizing drive.