UAW President Tells CNN He Can’t See ‘Any Way in Hell a Union Would Endorse’ Trump: ‘Stands Against Everything Working Class People Stand For’

COLLINS: “You mentioned former President Trump. And he has not been happy since you endorsed President Biden. He’s been blasting you and criticizing you. He just met with Teamsters, which is obviously one of the biggest unions. It represents truck drivers, pilots, others. The question is, who will Sean O’Brien from Teamsters endorse? And as he’s weighing that, I wonder what it would say to you if he does endorse Trump, and what it would say for the labor movement overall?”
FAIN: “I am not going to try to answer for Sean O’Brien, but I would 100 percent bet that I can’t see any way in hell a union would endorse Donald Trump for president. The man stands against everything that working-class people stand for, that organized labor stands for. You know, look, they chose to entertain visiting with candidates, and that’s the path they chose. I mean, we — I saw no point in it, because I look at the track record of Donald Trump. I mean, his two favorite words are ‘You’re fired.’ He’s the boss. He represents the billionaire class. That’s his base. And so, when you look at the two candidates, on our end, you know, Joe Biden has a history of betting on the American worker, standing with the American worker, just as he did, in our strike this year. When Donald Trump was president, GM was on strike for 40 days, Donald Trump was AWOL. He never said a word, never did a thing. When it came to saving communities, Donald Trump didn’t do a thing to help Lordstown Assembly, back when that plant closed in Ohio in ‘19, when Trump was president. But you look at President Biden, he’s stood with us over in Belvidere, Illinois, this year. We took one plant was going to close. Now we have two plants going to be built there. And on top of that, we saved the community. So, the contrast couldn’t be any more different between these two. And when it comes to organized labor, I can’t fathom any union would ever stand for Donald Trump.”
COLLINS: “Yeah. Trump, I remember when he told people to keep their homes, not to sell them. Shawn Fain, as always — “
FAIN: “Yes, don’t sell your houses.”
COLLINS: “ — it’s great to have you here. And thank you for joining us on ‘The Source.’”
FAIN: “Oh, thank you.”