'Chaos': UAW Local 600 reacts to Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn Works layoffs

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https://www.wxyz.com/news/chaos-uaw-local-600-reacts-to-cleveland-cliffs-dearborn-works-layoffs

DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) — United Auto Workers leaders say they were blindsided by the announcement of layoffs at Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn Works, a plant that supplies steel for the auto industry.

UAW Local 600 leaders will be scrambling to find work for their members when these layoffs hit this summer beginning July 15. They summed up the reaction among workers with one word.

“Chaos. You, know? A lot of questions. You’ve got a lot of people who worked there a long time that are potentially losing their job,” said Bill Wilhelm, a servicing representative and editor with UAW Local 600.

Wilhelm worked at the plant since 1990 before going on staff with Local 600 last year. He and 1st Vice President Mark DePaoli say the layoffs, which will impact about 500 hourly workers and another 100 salaried employees, caught everyone by surprise.

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1. UAW president applauds Trump administration for tariffs on foreign-made cars, says it ends "free trade disaster"

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/uaw-shawn-fain-reacts-to-trump-auto-tariffs/

Yes, chaos.

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2. More from the Traitor Fain

“We applaud the Trump administration for stepping up to end the free trade disaster that has devastated working-class communities for decades. Ending the race to the bottom in the auto industry starts with fixing our broken trade deals, and the Trump administration has made history with today's actions."

"But ending the race to the bottom also means securing union rights for autoworkers everywhere with a strong National Labor Relations Board, a decent retirement with Social Security benefits protected, healthcare for all workers including through Medicare and Medicaid, and dignity on and off the job. The UAW and the working class, in general, couldn't care less about party politics; working people expect leaders to work together to deliver results. The UAW has been clear: we will work with any politician, regardless of party, who is willing to reverse decades of working-class people going backwards in the most profitable times in our nation's history. These tariffs are a major step in the right direction for autoworkers and blue-collar communities across the country, and it is now on the automakers, from the Big Three to Volkswagen and beyond, to bring back good union jobs to the U.S."

Fain has been in conflict with automakers for allegedly attempting to move production out of the United States. Last year, the union filed federal unfair labor practice charges, accusing Stellantis of proposing to move production of the Dodge Durango out of the country.

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3. Performative GOP masculinity won't pay your bills. NT

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4. Hmmm ....i wonder who they were supporting in November?

Did they follow Fain’s endorsement?

Did they FAFO?

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6. Fain was actually a huge supporter of Harris

On edit just saw you meant members.

Yes. union members have a history of supporting Republicans that don't care for them.

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5. Have a friend that works there

He doesn't yet know if he is affected or not yet

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7. Cleveland Cliffs has bought up two

steel plants in the upper Ohio Valley the last few years and has shut them down.