United Autoworker (UAW) President Shaun Fein engaged in an 11-minute oral battle with MSNBC. Alicia Menendez, Simon Thundertownsend and Michael Steele were hosted on Sunday over the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
Trump announced mutual tariffs to address import obligations and “terrifying imbalances” in trade with other countries during his Rose Garden event on April 2 a week later on his I was imposed Quoting “National Security Concerns,” 25% tariff covering imported cars, SUVs, crossovers, minivans and light trucks, in addition to parts including engines and transmissions. Fain, who was critical of Trump during the 2024 presidential election, said tariffs would provide an incentive for jobs to return to the United States. (Related: “We’re ec”: The union boss who supported Harris says he’s excited about one major Trump policy)
“We’re very clear now,” Fein said. “We know that when it comes to cars, when it comes to heavy trucks and agricultural implementation, tariffs will affect these companies and do the right thing and reinvest in this country and reinvest the factories in this country.”
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“After all, we believe Stellantis and these companies will get their jobs back due to these tariffs,” Fain later added.
UAW’s leadership was in support of then-President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, but was even more volatile. With label Trump’s “sabs” during the Democratic National Convention – many union ranks and file members supported Trump.
“Since NAFTA was founded in 1993, we have lost 90,000 manufacturing facilities in the country. Millions of jobs, these were not low-end jobs. These were decent wage jobs, good profits, and had retirement security.
“But this is what I mean… NAFTA was 30 years ago. The situation we are dealing with now, and I agree with you. “But now we are dealing with situations that aren’t – these are blanket tariffs. We are dealing with situations where production is not coming back in two weeks.
Trump has campaigned about imposing tariffs to help boost production in the US. After co-host, Michael Steele questioned whether tariffs could create jobs, Fein replied. (Related: Scott Jennings finds it “funny” that Trump’s tariffs suddenly turned into “free traders”)
“NAFTA is still causing us to lose our jobs in this country. Our broken trading system is still losing our jobs in this country and no one in either party can even address the issues for over 30 years. That’s the first thing that happens,” Fein said. “And we support tariffs as a tool, toolbox tool. It’s not the end of everything. We managed to fix the broken trading system. But tariffs are the motivation for these companies to do the right thing.”
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