On Wednesday, the United Auto Workers endorsed President Joe Biden for his 2024 reelection campaign, drawing protests from union members who say the president’s support for Israel is at odds with the union’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The endorsement was delivered by UAW President Shawn Fain at the union’s national community action program conference in Washington, D.C., where Biden spoke on Wednesday afternoon. Biden was briefly interrupted by UAW members calling for a ceasefire.
Joe Biden was interrupted by UAW members as he accepted an endorsement from the union.
"Ceasefire now!" they chanted, before quickly being escorted out.
(The UAW has called for a ceasefire. Last week, the Biden administration suggested a ceasefire would only benefit Hamas). pic.twitter.com/hPuLzHmgSy
Johannah King-Slutzky, a UAW member who was one of the disruptors, said that there is a dissonance between the endorsement and Fain’s principles that have inspired workers. “I think this is a situation where we need to push them to live up to their own principles that are what we’re inspired by. You know, Shawn Fain is the one who said ‘You got to earn our endorsement.’ A president who supports genocide........