Shawn Fain of the United Auto Workers, Endorsing Biden, Calls Trump a ‘Scab’ and Warns of — Four Years Hence — a General Strike

‘If Donald Trump ever worked in an auto plant, he wouldn’t be a UAW member,’ the union chief says, ‘he’d be a company man trying to squeeze the American worker.’

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President Biden is greeted by the president of the United Auto Workers, Shawn Fain, on January 24, 2024, at Washington. AP/Alex Brandon

President Biden received the endorsement from the United Auto Workers Wednesday, as the president of the union, Shawn Fain, rejected President Trump and raised the prospect of a general strike in 2028 to reverse the downward trajectory of Big Labor.

Mr. Biden, who has often referred to himself as the “most pro-union president in history,” received the endorsement from the UAW months after appearing on a union picket line during their strike in the fall. The union had been withholding its endorsement in part due to its concerns about the administration’s push for more electrical vehicles.

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