The UAW, the union representing auto workers in the United States, has filed a lawsuit against presidential candidate Donald Trump and businessman Elon Musk, accusing them of intimidation and threats during an interview that aired on the X network.
The union said on its website that the accusation was due to “illegal attempts to threaten and intimidate workers who defend their rights through coordinated and protected activities, such as strikes.”
The remarks came during a two-hour conversation between Elon Musk and Donald Trump on social media platform X on the night of August 12, in which Trump defended the practice of firing striking workers and praised Musk for it.
“I mean, I look at what you do,” Trump told Musk. “You show up and you say, ‘Do you want to leave?’ If they go on strike, I won’t mention the company name, but they go on strike and you say, ‘Well, you’re going to go out on the streets. Everybody go out on the streets. Everybody go out on the streets.’”
One of the most powerful unions in the countryThe 400,000-member United Auto Workers union noted that “under federal law, workers may not be fired for striking, and threatening to do so is illegal under labor relations regulations.”
In 2022, Elon Musk bought Twitter and laid off most of its employees. The millionaire has been involved in legal proceedings related to violations of labor laws.When we say Donald Trump is a strikebreaker, this is what we mean.“,” said union president Sean Finn.
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Fine added that Trump “will always be against workers standing up for their rights and in favor of billionaires like Elon Musk, who contributes $45 million a month to a super PAC to get him elected.”
Musk is known for his anti-union stance.He has already denied giving large sums to the Trump campaign and wrote in X that Fine will end up in trouble in court just like his predecessors.
“Both Trump and Musk want the working class to sit back and shut up, and they’re both openly laughing about it,” Sean Fine said. “It’s disgusting, illegal, and completely predictable from these two buffoons.”
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Fine was the most visible face of the simultaneous strike that crippled the world's largest automakers last year, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis.
The conversation was heard on X Spaces by 2.1 million users, after a 45-minute delay due to technical difficulties. The event marks Trump’s return to the social network, where he has 89.1 million followers, after being banned from Twitter in 2021 over misinformation that culminated in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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