{"id":1024784,"date":"2023-07-20T20:56:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1024784"},"modified":"2024-05-15T19:43:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:43:05","slug":"reminder-trump-treated-unions-horribly-and-failed-auto-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-trump-treated-unions-horribly-and-failed-auto-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER: Trump Treated Unions Horribly and Failed Auto Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As Trump tries to spin his record on unions and the auto industry, here\u2019s your reminder that he was one of the most anti-union presidents in American history AND failed auto workers in the process \u2014 and now he\u2019s campaigning on making things EVEN worse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAW has said a second Trump term would be a disaster \u2013 and it’s no wonder why. Trump was one of the most anti-union presidents in history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cReality check: There’s no way the UAW will endorse Trump over Biden in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Another Donald Trump presidency would be a disaster,\u2019 Fain wrote in his letter to members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump said if it were up to him, car companies could have been allowed to go bankrupt \u2014 a move that would\u2019ve cost countless jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cAsked if President Obama showed leadership in the 2008\/2009 bailout of the major auto companies, Trump meandered through an answer that left him without a position. \u2018You could have let it go, and rebuilt itself, through the free enterprise system,\u2019 said Trump. \u2018You could have let it go bankrupt, frankly, and rebuilt itself, and a lot of people felt it should happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detroit News<\/a>: \u201cTrump suggests moving some car production from Michigan\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump promised that we wouldn\u2019t lose a single auto plant, but under his watch, General Motors shuttered plants and auto companies laid off thousands of workers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detroit Free Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump, tweets couldn’t save U.S. auto jobs in 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLive<\/a>: \u201cOn the 2016 campaign trail in Warren, Trump pledged \u2018you won\u2019t lose one plant\u2019 if he were elected. GM announced last year it would end production at five North American plants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s economic agenda has triggered a historic auto-factory boom and a surge in manufacturing jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cShift to EVs Triggers Biggest Auto-Factory Building Boom in Decades\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yahoo<\/a>: \u201cUnder President Biden, however, a manufacturing boom finally seems to be getting started. Since the beginning of 2022, construction spending on new factories has more than doubled, from an annualized rate of $91 billion in January 2022 to $189 billion in April 2023, the latest data available. That\u2019s the biggest jump, by far, in data going back to 2002.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cA surge in manufacturing construction across the country is grabbing the attention of economists and workers on the ground as legislative efforts to reinvigorate the U.S. industrial base are bearing fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insider<\/a>: \u201cSince President Joe Biden took office, around 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added, or a 6.5% growth rate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why the most pro-union president has racked up endorsements from major unions, earlier than any other presidential campaign in history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philly Inquirer:<\/a> \u201cJoe Biden will get a big union endorsement ahead of his Philly visit on Saturday\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill:<\/a> \u201cPlumbers union endorses Biden reelection bid\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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