President Joe Biden said he was speaking to the United Auto Workers union, which is locked in contentious negotiations with three major automakers over a new contract, and expressed worries about a potential strike.
“I’ve been talking to the UAW. Obviously, I’m concerned,” Biden told reporters on Friday during his vacation near Lake Tahoe, speaking hours after the union said the rank and file workers at Detroit’s legacy automakers voted to authorize a strike if needed, a move intended to increase their leverage in talks.
“I think that there should be a circumstance where the jobs that are being displaced, replaced with new jobs, the first choice should go to the UAW members who had the jobs, and the salaries should be commensurate,” he said. Biden’s comments on Friday underscore concern within the administration about a strike or lockout that threatens to halt positive momentum on the economy.
Last month, he met with UAW President Shawn Fain when the union’s leaders were at the White House to brief senior staff on the talks, according to a White House official.
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