A Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to unionize Friday night, the first auto manufacturing facility to unionize in the American South since the 1940s.
President Joe Biden issued a congratulations to the newly-formed union, which received 73 percent votes in favor among 3,613 workers, for “their historic vote for union representation with the United Auto Workers.”
“I was proud to stand alongside auto workers in their successful fight for record contracts, and I am proud to stand with auto workers now as they successfully organize at Volkswagen,” Biden said in a statement.
President Joe Biden issued a congratulations to the newly-formed union, which received 73 percent votes in favor among 3,613 workers, for “their historic vote for union representation with the United Auto Workers.”
“I was proud to stand alongside auto workers in their successful fight for record contracts, and I am proud to stand with auto workers now as they successfully organize at Volkswagen,” Biden said in a statement.
- 4/20/2024
- by Jeremy Childs
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Paul Simon performed “Graceland” at the White House State Dinner for Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Kishida Yuko.
Kishida also made a Star Trek reference at one moment, using the phrase, “To boldly go where no one has gone before,” then naming cast member George Takei.
Previously: Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are making a return visit to the White House as guests at tonight’s White House State Dinner for Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Kishida Yuko.
Paul Simon performs "Graceland" at White House State Dinner for Japan pic.twitter.com/8SCF6llOd3
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) April 11, 2024
Star Trek State Dinner:
Japan Pm Fumio Kishida: "Let me conclude with the line from Star Trek: To boldly go where no one has gone before. By the way, @GeorgeTakei who played Hikaru Sulu, the helmsman of the USS Enterprise,...
Kishida also made a Star Trek reference at one moment, using the phrase, “To boldly go where no one has gone before,” then naming cast member George Takei.
Previously: Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are making a return visit to the White House as guests at tonight’s White House State Dinner for Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Kishida Yuko.
Paul Simon performs "Graceland" at White House State Dinner for Japan pic.twitter.com/8SCF6llOd3
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) April 11, 2024
Star Trek State Dinner:
Japan Pm Fumio Kishida: "Let me conclude with the line from Star Trek: To boldly go where no one has gone before. By the way, @GeorgeTakei who played Hikaru Sulu, the helmsman of the USS Enterprise,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The United Steelworkers union endorsed President Joe Biden for the 2024 election, racking up another union endorsement for the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The union, which represents an estimated 850,000 workers across multiple industries, said Biden had a “track record of supporting working people” in their announcement of the endorsement on Wednesday.
“President Biden proved time and again during his first term that he stands with working families,” Usw International President David McCall said in a statement. “His vision and leadership allowed our nation to strengthen workers’ access to collective bargaining, grow the middle class,...
The union, which represents an estimated 850,000 workers across multiple industries, said Biden had a “track record of supporting working people” in their announcement of the endorsement on Wednesday.
“President Biden proved time and again during his first term that he stands with working families,” Usw International President David McCall said in a statement. “His vision and leadership allowed our nation to strengthen workers’ access to collective bargaining, grow the middle class,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Jeremy Childs
- Rollingstone.com
Michael Douglas, Geena Davis, Bill Pullman, Morgan Freeman and Tony Goldwyn appear in a new White House video in which the real president, Joe Biden, gets State of the Union advice from the fictional ones.
The video is a preview and promotion for Biden’s State of the Union speech this evening. It was produced by the White House Office of Digital Strategy, and was shot last weekend at Camp David.
“You may’ve heard I’ve got a big speech coming up. So, I thought I would hear from some folks who have done the job before – sort of,” Biden said on X/Twitter.
He says in the video, “I’ve never spoken to so many presidents all at one time.”
Related: Maria Shriver, Bettie Mae Fikes And Shawn Fain Among First Lady Jill Biden’s Guests At President’s State Of The Union Address
Freeman, who played the...
The video is a preview and promotion for Biden’s State of the Union speech this evening. It was produced by the White House Office of Digital Strategy, and was shot last weekend at Camp David.
“You may’ve heard I’ve got a big speech coming up. So, I thought I would hear from some folks who have done the job before – sort of,” Biden said on X/Twitter.
He says in the video, “I’ve never spoken to so many presidents all at one time.”
Related: Maria Shriver, Bettie Mae Fikes And Shawn Fain Among First Lady Jill Biden’s Guests At President’s State Of The Union Address
Freeman, who played the...
- 3/7/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In the pre-coverage of Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, the speech is being billed as the most important of his presidency, what with his dismal approval numbers and what is shaping up to be very difficult campaign for reelection.
Moreover, so much attention has been paid to the president’s age — at 81, he is the first octogenarian on a major party ticket — that any kind of slip up will be seized upon by his rivals.
Then again, Biden’s most memorable moment last year was an exchange with House Republicans over Social Security, showing that the president had command of the stage. That’s why it’ll be interesting to see if GOP members restrain themselves so as to not give the president the opportunity this year.
Related: Maria Shriver, Bettie Mae Fikes And Shawn Fain Among First Lady Jill Biden’s Guests At President’s State...
Moreover, so much attention has been paid to the president’s age — at 81, he is the first octogenarian on a major party ticket — that any kind of slip up will be seized upon by his rivals.
Then again, Biden’s most memorable moment last year was an exchange with House Republicans over Social Security, showing that the president had command of the stage. That’s why it’ll be interesting to see if GOP members restrain themselves so as to not give the president the opportunity this year.
Related: Maria Shriver, Bettie Mae Fikes And Shawn Fain Among First Lady Jill Biden’s Guests At President’s State...
- 3/7/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
First Lady Jill Biden’s guests at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address tonight will include Maria Shriver, singer and civil rights advocate Bettie Mae Fikes and Uaw President Shawn Fain.
The list of guests who will join the first lady in her box in the House chamber typically gives an indication of the topics that the president will address during his speech. The address, to start at 6 p.m. Pt, will be one of the president’s best opportunities to reach a substantial audience, as it is aired across broadcast and cable networks. That is particularly important this year as he runs for reelection.
Shriver, the former first lady of California, is the founder of the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and strategic adviser on women’s health and Alzheimer’s at the Cleveland Clinic.
Fikes, known as the “voice of Selma,” served as a member of Selma’s Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
The list of guests who will join the first lady in her box in the House chamber typically gives an indication of the topics that the president will address during his speech. The address, to start at 6 p.m. Pt, will be one of the president’s best opportunities to reach a substantial audience, as it is aired across broadcast and cable networks. That is particularly important this year as he runs for reelection.
Shriver, the former first lady of California, is the founder of the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and strategic adviser on women’s health and Alzheimer’s at the Cleveland Clinic.
Fikes, known as the “voice of Selma,” served as a member of Selma’s Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
- 3/7/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and former President Donald Trump have gone to war with each other.
Fain stated in an interview he gave on Face the Nation explaining why the union endorsed Joe Biden over Trump.
“Look, when you look at these two candidates, you know, Joe Biden has a history of serving others, and serving the working class, and fighting for the working class, standing with the working class,” the Uaw president stated. “Donald Trump has a history of serving himself and standing for the billionaire class. And that’s contrary to everything that working class people stand for.”
Trump responded to what Fain said during this interview by attacking him in a Truth Social post.
“I had the great privilege of watching Shawn Fain, the President of the United Auto Workers, this morning on DeFace the Nation,” the former president wrote. “He is a real ‘Stiff...
Fain stated in an interview he gave on Face the Nation explaining why the union endorsed Joe Biden over Trump.
“Look, when you look at these two candidates, you know, Joe Biden has a history of serving others, and serving the working class, and fighting for the working class, standing with the working class,” the Uaw president stated. “Donald Trump has a history of serving himself and standing for the billionaire class. And that’s contrary to everything that working class people stand for.”
Trump responded to what Fain said during this interview by attacking him in a Truth Social post.
“I had the great privilege of watching Shawn Fain, the President of the United Auto Workers, this morning on DeFace the Nation,” the former president wrote. “He is a real ‘Stiff...
- 2/14/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Donald Trump is trashing United Auto Workers (Uaw) President Shawn Fain after the union leader announced his organization’s endorsement of Joe Biden’s bid for reelection.
Fain “is a real ‘Stiff’ who is selling the Automobile Industry right into the big, powerful, hands of China,” Trump wrote Sunday night on Truth Social.
“He bought into Biden’s ‘vision’ of all Electric Vehicles, which require far fewer workers to make each car but, more importantly, are not wanted in large numbers by the consumer, and will All be made in...
Fain “is a real ‘Stiff’ who is selling the Automobile Industry right into the big, powerful, hands of China,” Trump wrote Sunday night on Truth Social.
“He bought into Biden’s ‘vision’ of all Electric Vehicles, which require far fewer workers to make each car but, more importantly, are not wanted in large numbers by the consumer, and will All be made in...
- 1/29/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The United Auto Workers (Uaw), one of the nation’s largest and most influential unions in the country, has endorsed Joe Biden for president.
The Uaw, which represents almost one million automobile industry workers, announced the endorsement Wednesday at their conference in Washington, D.C., shortly before Biden delivered an address to the conference.
“Rarely, as a union, do you get such a clear choice between two candidates,” Uaw President Shawn Fain said in his speech to the conference. In past strikes, Donald Trump “said nothing, did nothing, not a...
The Uaw, which represents almost one million automobile industry workers, announced the endorsement Wednesday at their conference in Washington, D.C., shortly before Biden delivered an address to the conference.
“Rarely, as a union, do you get such a clear choice between two candidates,” Uaw President Shawn Fain said in his speech to the conference. In past strikes, Donald Trump “said nothing, did nothing, not a...
- 1/24/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
A supporter at Donald Trump’s rally in Michigan wildly waved his sign “auto workers for Trump” last month.
But the supporter raised questions when he later told the Detroit News that he was not, in fact, an auto worker.
The former president delivered a speech at Drake Enterprises, a parts supplier in Clinton Township, Detroit, in which he spoke about the concerns over electric vehicles.
Trump’s attendance came in response to the United Auto Workers’ continued strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
Trump told the rally attendees: “You can be loyal to American labor or you can be loyal to the environmental lunatics.”
A journalist from the Detroit News asked another of the crowd members with a “Union Workers for Trump” placard about his involvement in the rally.
In conversation with the reporter, the individual admitted that he was not a member of a union.
The event...
But the supporter raised questions when he later told the Detroit News that he was not, in fact, an auto worker.
The former president delivered a speech at Drake Enterprises, a parts supplier in Clinton Township, Detroit, in which he spoke about the concerns over electric vehicles.
Trump’s attendance came in response to the United Auto Workers’ continued strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
Trump told the rally attendees: “You can be loyal to American labor or you can be loyal to the environmental lunatics.”
A journalist from the Detroit News asked another of the crowd members with a “Union Workers for Trump” placard about his involvement in the rally.
In conversation with the reporter, the individual admitted that he was not a member of a union.
The event...
- 10/11/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
The United Auto Workers went on strike against the Big Three car manufacturers earlier this month. The historic labor stoppage could have broad ramifications for the economy, the labor movement, and beyond — but it’s already having an impact on the 2024 presidential election.
Donald Trump, who has long been trying to win support of the union, traveled to Michigan on Wednesday to speak to autoworkers as his Republican primary competitors debated in California. The trip comes a day after Joe Biden visited the state, where he became the first president...
Donald Trump, who has long been trying to win support of the union, traveled to Michigan on Wednesday to speak to autoworkers as his Republican primary competitors debated in California. The trip comes a day after Joe Biden visited the state, where he became the first president...
- 9/28/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Appearing in Michigan at a non-union auto parts manufacturer, former President Donald Trump blasted what he called “blood sucking globalists” attempting to “assassinate” the auto industry, and compared Joe Biden to a “wretched old vulture trying to finish off his prey.”
Backed by four American flags, Trump spoke to the factory crowd in a bar-room bluster. He hectored Uaw strikers, insisting, “I don’t think you’re picketing for the right thing.” And he argued that the Uaw should “endorse Trump” because, “if they don’t all they’re doing is committing suicide.
Backed by four American flags, Trump spoke to the factory crowd in a bar-room bluster. He hectored Uaw strikers, insisting, “I don’t think you’re picketing for the right thing.” And he argued that the Uaw should “endorse Trump” because, “if they don’t all they’re doing is committing suicide.
- 9/28/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
President Joe Biden traveled to Wayne, Michigan, on Tuesday to speak with striking autoworkers. It’s the first time in history a sitting president has joined a union picket line.
“Wall Street didn’t build this country,” Biden told a crowd of gathered workers. “The middle class built this country.”
Joe Biden at Uaw picket line: "Wall Street didn’t build this country, the middle class built this country. The unions built the middle class. That’s a fact. Let’s keep going, you deserve what you’ve earned. And...
“Wall Street didn’t build this country,” Biden told a crowd of gathered workers. “The middle class built this country.”
Joe Biden at Uaw picket line: "Wall Street didn’t build this country, the middle class built this country. The unions built the middle class. That’s a fact. Let’s keep going, you deserve what you’ve earned. And...
- 9/26/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The United Automobile Workers Union (Uaw) has denounced Donald Trump ahead of his plans to skip the GOP’s second presidential primary debate in favor of delivering a speech in Detroit, Michigan during a major auto workers strike.
“Every fiber of our union is being poured into fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at the expense of workers,” said union president Shawn Fain in a statement on Tuesday.
“We can’t keep electing billionaires and millionaires that don’t have any understanding what...
“Every fiber of our union is being poured into fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at the expense of workers,” said union president Shawn Fain in a statement on Tuesday.
“We can’t keep electing billionaires and millionaires that don’t have any understanding what...
- 9/19/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The United Auto Workers want the Big Three automakers to share the wealth. The powerful union went on strike on Thursday after making aggressive demands including big raises and a restoration of old benefits. It’s the first time in history the Uaw has gone on strike against the three manufacturing behemoths at the same time.
For now, the action is limited in scope. The Uaw has stopped work at just three facilities, one plant for each company. But the union has vowed to secure its demands “by any means necessary.
For now, the action is limited in scope. The Uaw has stopped work at just three facilities, one plant for each company. But the union has vowed to secure its demands “by any means necessary.
- 9/15/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
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