US President Joe Biden announced a visit to workers in Michigan a week after the wave of strikes began at America’s largest automakers. The timing is well chosen. Meanwhile, the union is planning to expand the strike.
US President Joe Biden has announced a solidarity visit to striking workers in the US auto industry. He will travel to the state of Michigan on Tuesday to “join the picket lines” and stand in solidarity with the men and women of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union who are “fighting for a fair share of the value they help create.” contributed,” Biden wrote on Friday on the online service X (formerly Twitter).
Donald Trump, Biden’s Republican predecessor and likely opponent in the 2024 presidential election, had previously announced a visit to the striking auto workers on Wednesday.
During his visit, Biden said that in order to resolve the conflict between the UAW and automakers General Motors and Stellantis, it was time to reach a “win-win” agreement that would “reinforce American auto manufacturing with well-paid UAWs jobs are flourishing.
Before Joe Biden’s visit: Union announces expansion of strikes
The UAW had invited Biden to visit a few hours earlier. Support for unions is a key plank of Biden’s presidency. At the same time, the Democrat is using state subsidies to advance efforts to manage the change to electromobility in the automotive industry.
A few hours before Biden’s announcement, the union expanded its strike: UAW called on workers at all 38 General Motors (GM) and Stellantis parts distribution centers to stop their jobs.
The strike at the three major car manufacturers began a week ago in one of each of the three companies’ plants. The new strikes at the 38 centers now affect 20 states in the USA.
The UAW is demanding salary increases of about 40 percent over four years. According to them, this corresponds to the increase in income of top managers. According to the union, the employers have not yet responded to this demand, and negotiations have not made progress with other demands such as additional vacation days.
Source: Stern
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