Trump Makes Appeal to Unions Emboldened Under Biden Administration

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When former President Donald Trump released a campaign video outlining plans to boost the auto industry last Thursday, he took the opportunity to court the United Auto Workers (UAW), which has notably withheld its endorsement of President Joe Biden as contract negotiations continue and the threat of yet another strike looms.

While Mr. Trumpโ€™s appeal might have interested a few rank-and-file workers, it certainly wouldnโ€™t have swayed union leadership.

โ€œI think they feel emboldened,โ€ said Mark Mix, of the union leadership. As president of the National Right to Work Foundation, Mr. Mix has watched labor negotiations closely over the years, and the tone theyโ€™ve taken on this year is unusual.

Unions routinely vote to authorize a strike ahead of negotiations, just to have it as a chip on the bargaining table, but the language union leaders have been using this summer has become โ€œmilitant,โ€ Mr. Mix said.

The Teamsters, which just reached a deal with UPS today, walked away from the table twice and announced intent, not just authorization, to strike on a historic scale over a month ahead of the end of the contract. Sean M. Oโ€™Brien, the newly elected president, had gone on CNN ahead of Tuesdayโ€™s negotiations to say of their tactics, โ€œwe strategize, we organize, now itโ€™s time to pulverize.โ€ He had asked the White House to not intervene if they went on strike.

The UAW, which began negotiations with the Big Three automakers last week as the current contract expires Sept. 14, has likewise made a lot of noise about its willingness to strike before talks even began.

โ€œThere is a new environment. These union officials feel empowered,โ€ Mr. Mix said. โ€œAnd I think one of the reasons that is the fact and why weโ€™re seeing more of this saber-rattling is because the Biden administration โ€ฆ basically has created an environment where the union officials think the Department of Labor, and the Department of Justice, and the National Labor Relations Boardโ€”which are the three agencies that would be involved and interested in in violence, intimidation, or violation of individual workers rightsโ€”that theyโ€™re controlled by the Biden administration.โ€

Byย Catherine Yang

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