UAW strike: Biden, Trump seek blue-collar votes in swing state Michigan
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DETROIT — Strikes by the United Auto Workers union against General Motors , Ford Motor and Stellantis will get the presidential treatment this week in Michigan. Twice, in fact. President Joe Biden visited a picket line Tuesday at a GM parts facility in Belleville following a public invitation Friday from UAW President Shawn Fain, who joined Biden for the visit. Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner among Republicans in the 2024 presidential race, is scheduled to hold a rally Wednesday night at an auto supplier in Clinton Township, Michigan. Biden and Trump are effectively tied in the polls over a year out from the election. Each 2024 presidential candidate is trying to win over blue-collar voters such as Darius Collier, one of about 18,300 autoworkers currently on strike , who says he's "indifferent" about the candidates. President Joe Biden speaks next to Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, as he joins striking members of the union