Dave Jamieson has been HuffPost's labor reporter since 2011. Before joining the D.C. bureau, he was a staff writer at Washington City Paper and a freelancer contributing to Slate, the New Republic, the Washington Post and Outside magazine, among other outlets.
The Detroit News reported earlier this week that several people wearing “Auto Workers for Trump” T-shirts at a Donald Trump campaign event in Michigan were“It’s pathetic. Everything he does is a con,” Fain said Thursday, referencing Trump.
“What we bargain at the bargaining table can be taken away,” he said, noting that anti-union officials appointed by Trump made it more difficult for workers to organize.Fain accused Trump of trying to “divide” the union during its historic strike against the Big Three automakers last year. He also took a shot at the Republican nominee for praising his supporter Elon Musk as the type of boss who would fire striking workers, which is generally illegal.
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