Trump And Biden Seek To Capitalise On Voter Support For UAW Strike

Former President Donald Trump will meet with United Auto Workers and deliver a speech this evening in Michigan, a day after President Biden became the first ever sitting president to walk a picket line.

• ·Politico reported, following Biden’s trip: “Few presidents have so openly touted their pro-labor bonafides. No president has gone to these lengths to show them.”
• The shifting attitudes to the strike of the two presidential frontrunner reflect strong voter support for the strike. A recent Morning Consult survey found that, "53% of U.S. adults support the auto strike, compared with 22% who oppose it."
• The survey also found that, "while 36% of U.S. adults say the labor union is asking for too much, slightly more say it’s an appropriate amount or too little, " and "roughly 3 in 5 Americans say worker pay should increase whenever CEO compensation does."
• Morning Consult: "Public awareness of the United Auto Workers’ activities is also growing: 60% of Americans say they’ve heard “a lot” or “some” about the strike, compared with 42% who were aware of the potential strike before it went into effect on Sept. 15."