United Auto Workers (UAW) is delaying its endorsement of President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, according to a May 2 union memo.
The Detroit-based union is holding back out of concern for recent Biden administration policies that encourage the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
UAW, based in Detroit, has not endorsed the president, whom it supported in 2020, due to the administration’s efforts involving climate change, such as encouraging the production of EVs.
“Several national unions were quick to endorse [Biden],” UAW President Shawn Fain said in an employee memo (pdf). “The United Auto Workers is not yet making an endorsement.
The UAW announcement came on the heels of a meeting between UAW leadership, members of the Biden administration, and several members of Congress….