‘The support feels good’: UAW members embrace Biden and shrug off Trump
by Tom Perkins in Wayne, Michigan from US news | The Guardian on (#6F378)
In Fort Wayne, Michigan, union autoworkers react to Biden showing up to pledge his support and to Trump avoiding them
On a damp and windy day, members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) picketed outside a sprawling Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, burning logs in barrels for warmth.
The plant makes the Ford Bronco, and workers there were among the first to strike when union contract negotiations between the UAW and the car companies collapsed earlier this month.
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