President Joe Biden will meet in Belvidere, Illinois, with the head of the UAW to highlight plans to reopen an auto factory Stellantis wanted to close.
union, and the two leaders are expected to highlight plans to reopen an auto factory that Stellantis wanted to close.
The White House announced in a statement Tuesday afternoon that during the visit, Biden will deliver remarks and meet withThe event will be an opportunity for the president and Fain to publicly showcase tentative contract agreements that ended a nearly 45-day union strike that targeted Biden will “highlight his commitment to delivering for working families and creating good-paying union jobs, as well as the UAW’s historic agreement that includes bringing thousands of UAW jobs back to Belvidere and reopening a plant,” the White House said.
The contracts, if approved by 146,000 union members in the coming weeks, would dramatically raise pay for auto workers. In the deal with Stellantis, the union was able to save thewith Fain, inviting him to a private Oval Office meeting on July 19 and calling him last week to wish him a happy 55th birthday.
battery plant in the city. About 1,200 workers will be brought back to the idled plant and another 1,300 will be added at the
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