Michigan trade union president rips 'charlatan' Trump’s 'shameless' track record with auto workers

When Republicans were holding their second 2024 presidential primary debate on Wednesday night, September 27, frontrunner Donald Trump held an event of his own. The former president visited Michigan, where he gave a speech in front of auto workers during a major strike.

President Joe Biden, earlier in the week, had met with striking auto workers and given a speech on a picket line. But while Trump held a non-union event, Biden stood alongside United Auto Workers (UAW) members and expressed his solidarity with them.

In a blistering op-ed published by the Detroit Free Press on September 27, Rob Bieber — who heads the Michigan AFL-CIO — stresses that Trump is no friend of "union families."

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"He never cared about our jobs," Bieber argues. "Or our wages. Or our pensions and health care. Or even our safety. Trump just cared about making his rich buddies even richer at our expense. Let's be very clear: He doesn’t deserve the labor movement's support — or the support of any working-class person across this country — in 2024."

Bieber adds that striking auto workers are "fighting for their lives," and he slams "charlatan" Trump for his "shameful…. attempt to use the strike line to score political points when his record goes against everything the labor movement stands for." But the Michigan AFL-CIO president praises Biden for "historic investments in our auto industry, including a $7 billion investment in four new manufacturing sites across the state."

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Read Rob Bieber's full Detroit Free Press op-ed at this link.