United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain shrugged off any worries about President Joe Biden’s push for electric vehicle mandates.
Fain appeared on Face the Nation Sunday to react to a Ford Motor Company estimation that EVs will require 40% less labor to manufacture. According to the UAW president, the union is confident about its ability to bargain a fair contract no matter what the future holds, thanks to support from Biden and acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su.
“The UAW has been at the front of environmental and working-class issues. The biggest thing to us, no matter which way we go in this, we’re going to have security for our members and for the working class people,” Fain said. “We’re not afraid of where we’re headed.”
Former UAW President Leonard Woodcock railed against combustion engines during the 1970s, according to Fain, lamenting how they were “poisoning the environment at the time.” However, Fain advocated a “just transition” that includes infrastructure work.
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“No matter where this heads, I know one presidential candidate that will be behind us, and that’s Joe Biden,” Fain said. “And I know another one that could care less about it, and that’s Donald Trump.”
UAW endorsed Biden ahead of the 2024 election. Biden was the first sitting president to accompany a picket line when he joined UAW striking workers last fall. At the time, the union was striking against General Motors, the Ford Motor Company, and Stellantis.
