Trump Blasts UAW Leaders Before Members, Says Dues Are Too High
The union responded by saying it has already put in place a plan for members' dues to be lowered to their pre-2011 level as soon as the strike fund reaches
"We've already done it," said UAW spokesman
Trump's comments at the facility in
In a 50-minute speech at the plant during which the president also touted his efforts to increase military spending and launched an extended attack on late
"Everybody wants it. Sell it to somebody or open it yourselves. Get it going now," he said.
But several minutes after suggesting that the UAW would help
"It's true," Trump said. "I had union leaders in the
Trump didn't directly link the question of union dues with the closing of
Rothenberg said that's not true.
"We ... agree
Rothenberg said that at the UAW's convention last year, the union decided that once the strike fund hit the required amount, dues would return to a level they had been at since the 1960s until the change in 2011.
The union this month at its bargaining convention in
Rothenberg also noted the union had earlier put out a statement in support of the Trump administration's efforts to increase the investment at the
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