Posted on 05/25/2016 6:03:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
DETROIT, MICH. The UAW today endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, citing her support for UAW members, her lifelong commitment to the job security of American families, and her ability to unify and win in November.
Hillary Clinton understands our issues on trade, understands the complexities of multinational economies and supports American workers, their families and communities, said UAW President Dennis Williams.
Now is a time for unity, a time to focus on what lies ahead in November. Bernie Sanders has brought to this campaign a dialogue that has been needed for far too long. He has been, and remains, a great friend of the UAW, and of working men and women in this country. But, the fact is, Hillary Clinton has shown under pressure her ability to lead and get elected in November.
The UAWs directors went through the process of surveying and listening to members for input into the campaign season. We are a family of over 1 million active and retiree members with strong opinions. Now, we have to choose between two very good UAW friends and move forward as a united membership, said Williams.
Williams also noted that all candidates regardless of political party were sent questionnaires and none of the Republicans responded, including Donald Trump. Trump also had made public comments about wanting UAW member jobs to move to nonunion, low-paying states to compete with Mexican wages. Mr. Trump clearly does not support the economic security of UAW families, said Williams.
Hillary Clinton has a strong track record on issues of importance to UAW members. In 2009 she fought for preserving collective bargaining rights and stood up against attacks on collective bargaining when we needed her. Shes an advocate for expanding overtime rules to include more working families, she believes in equal pay, paid family leave, and quality, affordable child care.
Hillary Clinton believes we need to protect workers against employer misclassification, wage theft, workplace exploitation and efforts to undermine retirement benefits. She also works to support good-paying manufacturing jobs here in the U.S. by opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and recognizes the need to address unfair, existing trade agreements that weaken American manufacturing jobs.
As president, Hillary Clinton will empower a new chief trade prosecutor who will report directly to her and aggressively combat trade violations. She also will triple the number of trade enforcement officers and crack down on currency manipulation that hurts American workers.
A Hillary Clinton presidency will focus on collective bargaining rights and fair treatment of workers, including creating high standards for domestic sourcing and buy American laws. She also will create tax incentives for our hardest-hit manufacturing communities and support skills training for Americas workforce.
For many reasons, the UAW supports Hillary Clinton as the best choice for our members and our nation in the November election, said President Williams.
If I did it would be a Ford, and only because we'll need a viable auto industry if this country ever comes back to its senses.
That said, I won't fault anyone for refusing to buy a UAW built car for many reasons. If all of the Obama stickers I see on foreign cars is any indication, their own leftist allies aren't even buying their cars.
It is a surprise that they didn’t endorse Sanders.
I’m sure the union guy thinks Sanders is his best chance of buying another one in a couple of years - regardless of how many other Americans lose their jobs as a result of a Sanders victory.
The union bosses are the only ones that will benefit from a Hillary presidency.
Unions are socialist microcosms, no one really benefits but the leadership.
The rest are held in place by one-size-fits-all salaries, and incentive-killing rules.
So, of course they endorse Hillary.
There should be one that can be placed over it that says:
Are you still beating your wife?
Oh brother......
Trump worship...
I see one Bernie sticker in my area, and I believe it is a teacher; she is voting for more bennies and job security.
Everytime I see the faculty teachers parking lot at university I leftist union parking spaces filled with foreign cars. I know Whatchya mean.
Historical ping from May 2016. Yup, she sure has.
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