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Biden Gives Full-Throated Endorsement of Historic Auto Strike

‘THEY DESERVE A CONTRACT’

The president said it was time for companies to pay up after years of making “record profits” off the backs of union workers.

Josh Fiallo 

Breaking News Reporter

Brett Bachman 

Night Editor

United Auto Workers (UAW) union members picket outside the General Motors Powertrain plant in Warren, Michigan
Rebecca Cook/Reuters

President Joe Biden aggressively sided with the United Auto Workers’ strike on Friday, calling on each of the “Big Three” car manufacturers—General Motors, Ford and Stellantis (formerly known as Chrysler)—to come to the table and strike a deal to increase pay and benefits.

Biden made the brief comments on Friday, just...

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Josh Fiallo

Josh Fiallo

Breaking News Reporter

ByJoshFiallo

Josh.Fiallo@thedailybeast.com

Brett Bachman

Brett Bachman

Night Editor

Brett.Bachman@thedailybeast.com

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