Hawley talks a big game on worker rights amid union strike. Do his votes match up?

On a sunny day last month, Sen. Josh Hawley showed up on the sidewalk of a busy road in Wentzville, trailed by journalists and staff, and stood with striking United Auto Workers. Hawley was one of a handful of Republicans who visited a picket line shortly after workers at three of the country’s top automobile manufacturers – Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, which makes Chryslers – voted to strike as they pushed for higher wages and better benefits. He talked to workers who said they had to work multiple jobs to make ends meet and said they wanted to be able to spend more time with their fa...