Biden to Mich. on Tues. for UAW Strike, UAW Leaked Texts Reveal No Intent to Stop Striking or Bargain Honestly | The Gateway Pundit

Joe Biden is planning to journey to Michigan on Tuesday. UAW President Shawn Fain had invited leaders to come join the picket lines within the union strike in opposition to Ford, Stellantis, and Normal Motors.

Final Friday, the UAW called on distributors for General Motors and Stellantis to join the expanding strike. This brings the labor dispute to 38 locations in 20 states.

The UAW has withheld their endorsement of Biden for 2024, so this transfer can also be possible calculated to assist poor-performing and wildly unpopular Joe Biden shore up assist in Michigan, thought of a ‘swing state.’

In the meantime the Detroit News is reporting on leaked texts showing the UAW Communications Director Jonah Furman highlighting their plan to strain and ‘compression factors’ in opposition to Ford in order that they’ll continue striking for months.

UAW Communication Director Jonah Furman’s personal leaked texts:

“And creating compression factors of nationwide consideration for them to do the appropriate factor is means completely different than simply ready for a month for the following provide. Plus, we’re breaking sample they usually’re bargaining in opposition to one another for the primary time in 70 years.”

“And we are able to calibrate it precisely to their strikes on the desk. If Ford and GM received’t transfer, however Stellantis will, we are able to spare them” — and, for the primary time within the union’s historical past, break its long-sacred observe of sample bargaining by turning aggressive rivals in opposition to each other in a bid to safe the very best deal for dues-paying members.

“If we are able to hold them [Big Three Automakers] wounded for months, they don’t know what to do… that is recurring reputations injury and operation chaos.”

“The sweetness is we’ve laid all of it out in public they usually’re nonetheless helpless to cease it.”

The Union has constructed up an $825 million strike fund, which gives eligible strikers $500 every week in strike advantages from the union’s fund.

There are a reported 145,000 UAW members among the many large three automakers. In the event that they had been to strike on the similar time, it may price the Union Strike fund greater than $70 million every week.

UAW membership peaked in 1979 with 1.5 million members. Today, there are a reported 400,000 members total.