Resident Biden predicted a few weeks ago that the United Auto Workers would not strike three major auto manufacturers. He was wrong.
The UAW began what it called a stand-up strike early on Sept. 15 with initial walk-offs at a portion of Ford’s Michigan Assembly in Wayne, Stellantis’s Jeep complex in Toledo, Ohio, and General Motors’ commercial truck plant in Wentzville, Mo., near St. Louis.
Biden, who identifies himself as the most pro-union president in history, initially showed no inclination that he would publicly take sides between the auto companies and the demands of workers.
TODAY, HE’LL JOIN A PICKET LINE in Wayne County, Mich., abandoning any appearance of neutrality in a fight over the future of the American middle class, U.S. manufacturing and perhaps the future of electric vehicles. It could have outsize repercussions in next year’s presidential election — and for the economy.
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