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Large Drop of UAW Membership in Michigan Is Bad for Biden and Democrats but Great for Trump
By Duke | 9:15 AM on April 10, 2024
Last year, in the middle of the historic UAW strike that ended up closing plants of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis (Chrysler) for a month and a half, it was discussed openly here in Detroit that this new strategy adopted by the newly elected UAW leadership could be a bit risky. The strike dragged on for about a month and a half and eventually, all three automakers struck a deal that seemed to make everybody happy, so in theory, the strategy worked.
Particularly Democrats who hailed it as a new era for union membership and a win for blue-collar workers everywhere and who traditionally have unions and those workers who support them blindly.
Now it looks like their victory lap may have been premature, and the happiness may not last long-term.
Since those deals were struck last October, I have started to hear grumblings that the rank and file are not as happy as they were possibly at first because of the devil in the details that they were sold on at the time. Particularly the members who do not have seniority, which guarantees them many things they thought they were going to receive.
Then came this news yesterday which validated some of those concerns I heard about previously .
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https://redstate.com/tladuke/2024/04/10/large-drop-of-uaw-membership-in-michigan-is-bad-for-biden-and-democrats-but-great-for-trump-n2172546