and he is claiming that fain is not negotiating in good faith. in fact here is the "chicago tribune" editorial board. i'll read what they have to say. "fain is the most belligerent union boss we've seen in a long time." so do you think that fain has gone too far in his negotiating tactics? as you say, these are member demands. >> not at all. you see that bias in the "tribune" right away .the boss of the uaw is a membership. shawn was elected by the membership. he reports to the membership. he has a responsibility to negotiate an agreement that he thinks honestly can get ratified. and it is sad to me that the companies aren't really responding to what he is expressing to them on behalf of the membership. so i think that is an unfair character staigs and i think shawn and the rest of the leadership team, chuck browning, mike booth, ritchey, they are all doing a great job. they are doing a great job for this member ship and presenting their demand, voicing their concerns and their frustrations. >> clearly the frustrations are being heard. we are 51

fain said the a generational fight. what did you make of what he had to say along with the announcement of the strike. >> absolutely. like i said we're trying to make a new standard the for the future. my children, to make this a job that's a career. not a job. and i hired in it was a career. made me feel i was proud to build a car that i built one now 70% easy of most of these plants can't afford a vehicle they build. they're buying foreign vehicle because they can't afford the vehicle that they build. >> when he says everything is on the table. how long do you think this can go on? are you willing to strike for weeks -- months, longer? >> until it's equitable and fair for everybody in the uaw. the retirees, the new hires. we need to pop up the hire pay from $16 to a livable wage that's not creating these families that are struggling. i'm a legacy that has a pension, let's get some pensions in there, give these guys these new hires and folks something to look forward to. let's support our retirees. >> do you have a sen

going to come back and say, i don't care if you don't like shawn fain.d him. maybe not by a huge margin, but we elected him to be in charge of this union, and jim farley may not like it, but the uaw will come back and say, too bad. that's who we have here. you don't like it, that's the way it goes. so, i understand what you're saying. but i don't think that the solution is for ford to say, get rid of shawn fain. >> well, i -- >> nor do i think that jim farley will do that. >> how about if jim farley says, you know what? we're going to close all our plants. we got five months worth of strike fund. start dealing in good faith. phil, this was such -- you and i communicated. i thought this was such bad faith. i do feel a bit of pique because i thought the bad faith of these messages made it so someone in the industry has to say, this is not about the deal. this is about corporate sabotage and wrecking these companies. these were just egregious messages. >> and that's the anger that you hear from auto executives. and look, we all understand, the point of a st

shawn fain said, this is our generation's answer to the sit-down strike. as we have said, just under 13,000 workers on strike. this is an escalation tactic. shawn fain says not only once a week but several times a week he could call out new plans. every time one of these company gives an insulting proposal at the bargaining table, shawn fain and the leadership can stand up and say, "all right, new plans are out." it is this increase of leverage. there are risks, of course. the all-out strike at once would be powerful, would be important for the workers because it would be such a massive -- they would have their communities with them, it would be so visible. it of the same time, it is very expensive. so these workers right now are starting paychecks on the workers who are on strike are getting money out of the strike fund, $500 a week. this helps sustain the strike. so far we have seen -- i was a little bit of a skeptic about this and we have already seen it is paying dividends here. there have been a lot of reports from uaw members in certain plants that t

we expect fain to be on the picket grounds.had extended the invitation to president biden to come here where the workers are striking. but it's noteworthy that the uaw has yet to endorse in the 2024 election. the president was asked earlier what had would take to win that endorsement, he said it's not something he's worried about. the white house has stressed this trim about showing solidarity with the workers as the negotiations are ongoing with the three big automakers. the white house has walked a very careful line with the negotiations. they don't have a direct legal authority with the negotiations but tried to lend support. the president has come out in vocal support for the uaw since the strike has started. one thing that the white house has refrained from doing is weighing in specifically on how the white house used the demands of the uaw as these negotiations are under way. now, what's also playing out over the course of the next few days, the remarkable political split screen, when you think about the fact that biden i

shawn fain, your president. [ applause ] >> all right. good afternoon, uaw! >> thank you! >> i want to thank local 174. [ applause ] thank you to the leadership and director lloyd dickerson. [ applause ] you're all the reason we're here. this is all about the membership. this site, it holds a historic place in the history of our union and our country. this was part of the arsenal of democracy during world war ii. it is where they built the b-24 liberator bomber. that bomber, they built one of those per hour when they were at their peak. it is what helped us win the war. so, today, 80 years later, we find ourselves here again, with the democracy. it is a different kind of democracy and different kind of war we're fighting. today, the enemy isn't some foreign country miles away, it is right here in our own area. it is corporate greed. and the weapon we produce to fight that enemy is the liberators, the true liberators, and so working class people, all of you working your butts off, on those lines, that deliver great product for our companies. >> that's right. >> that's how w

john fain just ended just now.ported to you, two plants, 7000 total more workers. the strike will be only at the gm plant in lansing, michigan, the delta township plant, there are multiple plants are, delta township plant, the suv plant and before to explore plant in chicago, those are the ones that will be struck. they will not extend additional striking to any stellantis plants. they made significant progress with stellantis prior to this announcement. they are excited about that progress. to be clear, what is being struck? the lansing double township plant makes the chevy traverse, buick encore and gmc acadia. that's 3000 workers. the ford explorer in chicago and lincoln aviator. as you reported earlier, those plants make a lot of money from these vehicles. folks here are pretty excited. this is not going to extend to anymore stellantis plants. it is possible that perhaps they would continue a strike against one company with an agreement with another. that's an interesting development. >> what is the level -- >>

the shawn fain event is ongoing.e continues to update and brief as to where the uaw is going to be moving next. he talks about the fact that gm and stellantis still need a serious push. he talks about the fact that there's been progress with ford and it looks like they are making the most with ford. so the uaw is going to expand his strike action against gm and stellantis. they will not do so against ford .it feels it needs to push ford carter. clearly it feels it needs to push stellantis and gm much harder so the strikes will be expanded. we will continue to follow this event for you. this is the facebook live event taking place now and we will continue to keep you abreast of what shawn fain is saying and the implications for the auto industry and economy. we need to talk about what's happening in the tech sector. microsoft, activision. that deal could actually happen, edging closer in the u.k. as regulators say they will accept microsoft's latest substantial concessions. details of the next. this is bloomberg. ♪ gu

and shawn fain, to his credit, is saying enough. workers deserve dignity, especially, laura, because billions of your and my dollars are going to subsidize these companies. they can't come asking the government for billions of dollars and then say they're going to continue increasing executive pay, continue enriching shareholders with stock buybacks, but not do enough for the workers. that's just not fair. >> i want to play for you what president biden has said. he called on automakers to go further in their negotiating efforts. listen to what he said. >> auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of uaw workers. those record profits have not been shared fairly in my view with those workers. the bottom line is that autoworkers helped create america's middle class. they deserve a contract that sustains them in the middle class. >> you've heard what he had to say at least today, but i will note that the uaw president, shawn fain, has withheld the union's endo

we turn to united autoworkers president shawn fain. good morning to you, sir.ou have said that you had reasonably productive conversations with ford yesterday. does that mean they're going to put a more generous offer on the table? >> good morning. thanks for having us. you know, that's up to them. that's -- you know, the reason we're in this situation right now because all three of the big three companies chose to wait, they chose not to negotiate for the eight weeks we had, we started this in july and told them then don't wait until the last minute or you will find yourself in a bad position. unfortunately they chose to wait until the last week to get down and start talking and get serious and that's where we are now. if we don't get better offers and get down and take care of the members' needs we're going to amp this up more. >> progress is slow. will you order strikes at additional plants this week? are you preparing for that? >> we're prepared to do whatever we have to do, so the membership is ready. the membership is fed up. we're fed up with falling beh

as you mentioned, we are waiting moments away from uaw president shawn fain to announce exactly where the uaw plans to strike, starting at 12:00 a.m. on friday, tomorrow. he's going to go live from inside this uaw headquarters. in terms of what the offers have been, general motors came with a new economic proposal earlier this morning, a 20% pay raise across four years that matches fords a 20% offer, and stellantis was at 17 1/2% in their last public offer. as you mentioned, that is nowhere close to the 40% that the union has been looking for since day one. what we expect to hear from shawn fain is that they are going to target select plants by activating select unions across the country. that is by design, to keep the companies guessing so that they have to try to figure out who is going on strike, who is not, that leaves some workers still in the plants, working. it is very unclear, because there will be no contract, what will happen to those workers. ford ceo earlier telling me that those workers will likely not be paid. in moments we will hear more about this rollout plan as there

liz: he said shawn fain has been on tv more than jake state farm. if you wanted to say shawn fain has been on tv a lot, we are going to keep an eye on it. i get the frustration on both sides but with the government shutdown less than a day away we don't need more strikes. as traders say goodbye to another rough-and-tumble september, the outlook for the fall is historically better. what do two of the best traders in the business say? john and pete are about to join us with the best october trades, with 4 minutes left to trade, look at the standout names that buck a hideous september for shocks, best performers, rivian and constellation anyway. stay with us. ♪ this is spring semester at over 13,000 us school districts, which have become top targets for ransomware attacks. but there's never been a reported ransomware attack on a chromebook. which is why thousands of schools like the fairfield-suisun unified school district switched to google tools for education. so they can focus on teaching and 22,000 students can focus on learning, knowing that their

and shawn fain — but they are big vehicles. and shawn fain has _ but they are big vehicles.n the picket line himself at midnight. how significant is it that he is starting from a slightly smaller than the stand—up strike. where you make your profits, you have new to go up. your profits, you have new to .o u . _ , , your profits, you have new to '0 u. , , ., ., your profits, you have new to to u n , , , ., ., . ., go up. gives him another card to -la go up. gives him another card to play and — go up. gives him another card to play and that _ go up. gives him another card to play and that chevrolet - to play and that chevrolet plant in the story, that's a profitable vehicle and it doesn't make the margins of the pick—up so if he doesn't what he gets in the next round of talks, he would strike a plan that makes those vehicles. that would shut down multiple plants all at once and he has leveraged to do it and hasn't threatened to strike a plant that would make make this. and the car companies, he couldn't go there and he's only using the strength line to pay workers while they a

they should agree to the increases that shawn fain wants.ases, that is just going to bring people up to the 2008 level. i believe donald trump is demagogue in the issue. his view that we should not have electric vehicles, a means all those elektra vehicles would be produced in china. of course we want to make sure they are produced in the united states and not in china and want to make sure those jobs are good union jobs. that is what shawn fain and the uaw are fighting for. amy: hakeem jeffries walked the picket line. do you think president biden should? what do you feel about your colleague covers member debbie dingell who represents the workers at the ford plant that is on strike saying that biden should keep his distance? >> i thought hacking did a good job -- hakeem did a good job. i like to see other congressmembers got to the picket line. it would be good for president biden to come out either to a union hall or to a picket line. i know the logistics are hard. i think what congress member debbie dingell meant as the president and his

along with president fain of the uaw. i think it means a lot, you know.hope that he as follows it up with action. there are ways to make u.s. companies more competitive. the three auto companies, $9 an hour in health care, they should be supporting president biden and uaw in getting national held care. the public support is so great because people are tired of corporations blaming workers and then hoarding all of the profits to themselves. i think the uaw has done an amazing job. i've never seen uaw members this engaged and this involved in a contract fight. it's great to see. >> and, doug, we heard shawn fain sort of talking about this, that this isn't about autoworkers, historically, middle class looks to autoworkers he was sending messages out to nurses and others in his comments. how worried should biden be about the middle class when he's having a difficult time selling the economic message and you're seeing 4 in 10 americans saying they're worse off financially since he took office? >> well, biden should be paying attention to that. i mean, he has t

we are expecting to hear from shawn fain again in detroit during a rally at 5:00 p.m.h bernie sanders. but in the meantime, you're going to see these shift changes of workers out here on the picket lines in day one of this historic strike. phil, poppy? >> that's vanessa yurkevich on the ground. stay with her. she'll be with us over the course of the next couple hours continuing to follow this every step of the way. joining us now is former ceo of chrysler motors, bob nardeli. i appreciate your time. i want to start with the components of the negotiations themselves. we're talking about the politics or what it might mean for the macro economy. in terms of what the uaw put on the table, talk about the 40% raises over 40 years, cost of living, retiree pension, forced overtime, obviously the electric vehicles and that transition has been critical. of those elements, what is most problematic for the automaker ceos at this point? >> well, phil, thank you for having me on this morning. i agree with everything that you and poppy said. this is very, very unfortunate that it has

joining us from detroit, the president of the united auto workers, shawn fain. thank you so much for joining us. you stood next to president biden today as he became the first sitting u.s. president in history to join a picket line. what was it like, seeing him there, wearing a uaw hat? >> thank you, wolf. you know, it was a great thing for our members. today was about our membership and their fight. people understanding that fight. and so, you know, it was a historic day. the fact that a sitting u.s. president visited a picket line for the first time in our nation's history -- that cannot be minimized. it can't go unnoticed. it's a very important time in our history. this is a very important fight we're in. this is a fight for the future of the working class. >> the president has joined you on the picket lines. he appears to also have expressed support for your union's demands for a 40% pay raise. but you've declined, at least so far, to endorse him. why? >> well, you know, wolf, first off, our focus right now is 100% on the fight for our members. you know, tod

what you did for yourself, do for us, there is a whole strike of shooting words, uaw president shawn fain for the big automakers, those big pay raises you gave yourselves over the last four years, give them to us for the next four years, fox on top of union members going for the gold not necessarily going for ceo pay, the same percentage height that ceos are seeing in their pay that is why strikers can reject 20 and 21% pay increases compared to the boss, this game of chicken has only just begun. ♪. neil: welcome everybody i am neil cavuto let's go right to just lock in toledo ohio on how workers are turning generous pay packages for the boss to their advantage. >> it sounds like a lot you make a great point, 21% over four years, that is 5% a year that is a whole lot less then what the big guys got his compensation at tstellantis they said give us te same percentage increase, that is what shawn fain the uaw president said to msnbc this is toledo ohio, we have ten, 12, gates they are all surrounded by picketers and shawn fain says the whole two-tier system where some workers make you two,

i think shawn fain and the uaw, they want it this way. they want to keep all three automakers guessing. they believe this is the way to put the most pressure on each of those automakers so that nobody can say, okay, these guys have locked in, here's a general idea of what we think we can get. he wants, shawn fain wants, each of them almost bidding against each other. you want to get this wrapped up? you better come more to the table -- come to the table with more than what we -- you had last time and enough to get the deal done. >> a lot of high stakes standoffs we are following into this weekend. phil, thank you very much. we'll turn to you for the latest. >>> we have a big hour still ahead on this show. ceos of arm, nasdaq and carnival. carnival with guidance coming in weak. >>> we watch the markets on the final day of the quarter. s&p 500 and nasdaq on pace for the worst days of the month. the s&p close to session lows. up 18. ve hearing aids from another company... i was just frustrated... i almost gave up. with miracle-ear it's all a

when our jake tapper asked shawn fain about that this week, shawn fain said i think there is a lot ofork to be done in that category. i look at fdr and presidents in that timeframe and they did a lot of work for labor. are you concerned about what this means? the union withheld their support for biden so far. michigan's a critical state. >> right. well, president biden, in my mind, no question he is the most pro-union labor president we have had. and we are right now in a fight. and he is leading that to restore the middle class of our country. so it's a process. it's not there yet. i understand the workers' frustrations. but we are turning things around to bring jobs home with the chip plants and rebuild america and be laser focused on the middle class. this is something in process. we need to keep our workers, strengthening the middle class as the focus and i know that that's what the president is doing. >> let me -- senator, let me ask it in this way. could not having the support of the united auto workers for biden's re-election campaign tip the balance against him in michigan? >>

liz: you guys have not gotten the call to strike at your plant, shawn fain the way he is handling this in the standup strike level where it comes in stages with three plants striking he has a lot of press lately, today alone to headlines and i don't know if you saw them we want to show our viewers coming from outlooks that are procapitalist in the wall street journal on bloomberg the wall street journal headline says basically how uaw tossed the union playbook and pursued a surprise attack strategy, bloomberg said how auto executives misread the uaw ahead of its historic strike, give me a sense of how you feel about coordinating with shawn fain strategy and how that is working. >> i think the strategy is brilliant and i think it is fair, we don't want to hurt the company none of us want our company to do bad with the water company makes profit but we wanted equitable share in the profits of the company. i think they weren't bargaining in good faith of the labor charges that were put in and it's kind of ironic after those charges were filed they started coming with offers a multiple off

sean fain thinks it can be. jon: speaking of sean fain, we are getting lessons every day in the approach he is taking with his team and with his social media. >> it's a completely different approach. he stood up to the chairman of ford and the great grandson of henry ford when he showed up to negotiate and offer what the company says with her -- was their best offer ever and shawn wasn't there. matt: what about the request for pension benefits? they were getting those before they gave them up to help the automakers operate more sustainably and now they are making record profits. then they asked for a four day work week. does that seem silly? >> those are two of the biggest asks they had on the table. they started backing off the four day work week but in exchange, they want more paid time off. the pension point, they are trying to make a point there is still a group of people in traditional venues that are ceos. matt: $30 million and pensions, thank you so much. the strike is in his fourth day. i caught up with

we're talking with the uaw president shawn fain. you have been in that position and the minimalist notions of what is being offered, the delay that he's been very vocal about as well. but you also heard, likely earlier today, the ford ceo talking about farley. he had been blasting that very president, shawn fain, and is claiming that feign is not negotiating in good faith. in fact, here is the chicago tribune editorial board. i want to read a quote about what he has to say. -- feign is the most belligerent union boss we've seen in a long time. my question to you, bob, do you think that shawn fain has gone too far in his negotiating? of course, these aren't member demands. >> not at all you see that bias right away. he is not a uaw boss. the boss -- it is a membership. he was elected by the membership, airports to the membership, he's got a responsibility to negotiate an agreement that he thinks honestly can get ratified. it is sad to me that the companies are not really responding to what he is expressing it to them on behalf of the

if the united auto workers strike demands are not met, union president shawn fain says strikes will takeit's possible for all 146,000 union members to walk out over time. among the union's demands includes a 36 percent wage increase over four years. automakers have responded with wage increases ranging from 17 and a half to 20 percent over a 4 and a half year contract. live now to the bbcs north america business correspondent michelle fleury who is in detroit. (i.michelle, what is the latest? any sign of a deal being done? if you judge by the rhetoric and we heard earlier today it seems pretty unlikely. in part the car—makers have said they had at the office to make it more generous but the unions have said it simply wasn't enoughin have said it simply wasn't enough in the two sides remain far apart and enough in the two sides remain farapartand right enough in the two sides remain far apart and right now we are waiting for the president... michelle, i want to interrupt you. let's go live and take a listen to what the union representative is saying. ear and solidarity _ representative is

does that move the needle with shawn fain?he is about an hour ago on "morning joe". >> this battle is not about the president, it's not about the former president or any other person prior to that. this battle is about the workers standing up for economic and social justice and getting their fair share because they're fed up with going backwards. >> reporter: and as you take a look at shares of gm, ford and stellantis keep in mind we are starting to see the ripple effects, guys. gm may lay off up to 2,000 workers at its fairfax, kansas plant, where they build the malibu, cadillac ct 4. that plant gets stappings from the gm plant in missouri. the uaw is on strike in wentzville. if you're not getting stampings there they're not being sent. that's the latest from out here across from the jeep plant in toledo, ohio. >> phil, appreciate that. phil lebeau in toledo watching the strike. back to sara eisen as we said with a special guest. hey, sara. >> hi, carl. thank you very much. i am here with treasury secretary janet yellen. than

uaw president sean fain thanked the president for his in-person support and the president told picketersk with it. listen. >> wall street didn't build the country, the middle class built the country. that's a fact. so let's keep going. you deserve what you earned and you earned a hell of a lot more than you're getting paid now. >> tomorrow republican front runner donald trump is also going to be showing his support for those who are on strike. he is set to appear with autoworkers in detroit. he'll be skipping the second republican presidential debate while doing that, and we are covering the story from all sides. we have cnn's arlette saenz who is following president biden in wayne county, michigan. we have cnn's vanessa er cave itch in michigan and kristen holmes is in detroit ahead of former president trump tomorrow and we have cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, senior editor at "the atlantic." tell us more about the message from the president to the uaw workers. >> brianna, this trip by president biden marked his most overts did play of support for these autoworkers as the s

they are further along, sean fain has been surprising without this process.eil: we are up to 20,000 striking autoworkers, 146,000. how do we see that going? >> advantage to the uaw has been to preserve their strike fund, hundreds of millions of dollars, the 150,000 people on strike, bringing it out slowly, what he highlighted is keeping automakers guessing, can't plan, can't nowhere to order plants for. being part of the strategy. neil: in the market for a new car, said that the dealership already get high prices on some. whether they were using that as an excuse, what do car buyers, prospect of car buyers face? >> reporter: most of the vehicles that the assembly plants have been ones that, pretty good supply. it is hard to to get a vehicle since they relaunched it, there's no more coming, to look to take some profit from desperate consumers. but the others shouldn't be so bad. neil: he had said despite willingness to bargain, ford and gm refused to make meaningful progress at the table, 20% or more going not to presumably 30% to the middle ground. i thought

joining me now is uaw president shawn fain. mr. fain, welcome to the "newshour."remarkable scene to see president biden out there on the picket line today. you previously said this isn't about any president, current or former. you seem to want to keep politics out of it. so why host president biden at the picket line today? shawn: well, i think the workers encouraged this. i mean, this is the workers' fight, and it's a just fight. i mean, i believe this is a working-class thing. it's not just about the uaw. it's about workers all over this country. we put an invitation out there for people to join us. and the white house responded right away. and it was great to see that. and we have never seen it before in the history of this nation. so it obviously shows that, for a sitting president for the first time in our history to visit a picket line, i think that goes a long way in showing where he stands with working-class people. amna: did the president in conversations with you offer any additional help in your negotiations? did you ask him for any? shawn: no, we -- no

fain providing clarity with talks with each of the big three. ford offered a 20% raise followed by gm at 18% and stellantis at 17.5%. the union has been pushing for a 40% wage increase. in the meantime, a bitter battle of words with jim farley saying fain's accusation saying they are not negotiating and not showing up at the bargaining table. he was supposed to be there on tuesday and far therley was not there. we will have more with phil lebeau on the story coming up. >> they are using u.p.s. as a template as what they want to get through. it doesn't sound like they will get to the levels. >> farley -- i didn't get optimistic with our interview with farley or with shawn fain. competition is just a race to the bottom. i don't know what that means. it is the way of the world. it is what drives profitability and capitalism and everything else is competition. i don't know. maybe you need to subsidize the big three and that is the only way to do it. if it is too expensive to make cars over other automakers -- that will happen again. >> the idea if y

and fain is withholding the uament with endorsement right now from biden. that historically has really been important for democratic candidates. i mean, how much is that weighing on the white house's thinking wanting to get their backing in a general election? >> i think you're right. initially to -- gene sperling and also the acting labor secretary had said that they had plans to go out to some of the strikes to help coordinate some of the negotiations. and that backfired. and so now we're at the place where the president is going out there themselves. i think the union endorsement is something that the president wants. historically large labor unions have backed 2democrats. the president has already wracked up a number of key endorsements from labor unions. but i think it goes beyond the union brass endorsing the president. teachers unions and the like have stood up behind joe biden. but it is more about those rank and file union members. you know, it is one thing to get the endorsement and say that you are backed by this group, but they have thousands of

john fain anticipates both sides will be at the bargaining table tomorrow. at alive picture from the picket line at the ford plant in michigan. 12,007 of the near 150,000 union workers, 3 targeted plants that make the automakers, jeep models and chevy colorado and gmc canyon and ranger and bronco. many of these are in tight supply, they have a 207 day supply for gladiator which is bad but only 82 supply at the rank order, gm and ford have a little over a month's worth of canyon and ford rangers, what happens of the strike goes on for more than a month. joining me, longtime critic and columnist mark phelan of the detroit free press. you know them inside and out. the financial impact of this is to be limited but do you believe one side over the other? the management of gm and ford are saying this didn't have to happen. we saw that this is an unnecessary strike, workers are saying you may think it is unnecessary, we are concerned this isn't matching inflation. >> exactly. they have good points which is why this is a complicated negotiation. a lot of pay and ben

neil: sean fain and uaw leaders threat to target additional strikes against unnamed auto plants, it is creating a bunch of anxiety, that is the way it is. limited a strike to less than 13,000 workers out of 36,000. the strike on money, also keeps the auto bosses guessing and scrambling, already they are closing 8-team facilities, ford and the gm sideline hundreds of workers to brace for what and who could be next. we talk to a former uaw leader about what he thinks of this unusual strategy. it is working but for how long and for americans in the market for a new car how expensive, the price for those new wheels going up by the day every day and it is a problem getting bigger. wouldn't you know, coast to coast. welcome, glad to have you. i'm neil cavuto. he might as well strike a short strike from your walkout expectations, strong words and supposedly on budget will positions. the very latest on where things stand now. jeff. >> reporter: wish you weren't so right. both sides, all efforts point to digging get in, the union and management firing back at each other. toledo, ohio, the assem

we don't know what to expect. >> i feel like that's a great kind of window into the fain era and this is a different negotiation we're used to. concern about issues, concerns with the leadership which has been a very different strategy than seen before or is everything rock solid for fain and his team? >> what i do is washing the strike lines, i walk all different strike lines with the workers. i have to tell you they are standing solid with this man. he's a brand new leader elected in march, and very aggressive. but again and again they say that they believe in the strategy. they believe he's watching their back. what's interesting is how much they talk about loving these companies. i mean, they actually use the word "love e". when i say how can you love a company and be striking? you're shutting things down. the union workers say, just now is the time. now is our time. just try to, you know, get things back that we've lost and make our way for the future. >> and fain's ability to bridge that gap between leadership and still loving the company. it's been, it's his superpower to some

and he's expected to area with uaw president shawn fain.e saw president biden arrive a short while ago where he was greeted by not just fain but debbie dingell. and he was asked by a reporter what he thinks it will take to earn the uaw's endorsement the union has yet to endorse in the 2024 presidential race. president biden responded he's not worried about that at this moment. what the president and white house has said, he's focused on trying to show solidarity for the striking workers, marking the historic moments. there's never been a sitting president to appear on an active picket line in the middle of intense negotiations. now, the white house has walked an incredibly fine and delicate line as the negotiations have played out. they don't have any legal authority to be party directly to the negotiations. but the president has tried to lend his support since the strike started. what the white house has refrained from doing, though, is weighing in on any specific demands that the uaw is seeking at this time. of course, this is all present

and yet we saw shawn fain come out late last night with this new deadline, noon on friday, saying morego on strike which would mean more facilities may shut down. you heard him say, he said it would mark a week of really little progress in negotiations, really pointing the finger at the big three. so again, it says little progress is being made at the table. we know there's no main table negotiations happening today. they're scheduled with general motors and ford tomorrow and stellantis on thursday. right now nearly 3,000 workers across the u.s. are on strike. i want to actually bring one of them in right now. annette, you want to join me for a second. you're the strike captain here. i want to get your thoughts on this news, shawn fain's announcement yesterday, that more facilities could go on strike this friday if there's not progress. what do you think? >> it's a scary situation for toledo and detroit. for the big three. this is the moneymaker for all of us. so, we need to -- we need to -- you need to -- >> reporter: it's okay. are you worried that there hasn't been much progress at

at the same point, fain as in this adopted strategy, as i said unconventional. they are not all striking at once. he has the ability to escalate and has threatened another escalation if there is not real progress made by friday u.s. time. you are seeing an avenue to get out. a way that this could possibly get worse. overall, sean fain overall a mick lynch of america, is keeping the automakers on their toes. kriti: just when we thought the teamsters union negotiations [indiscernible] sean fain throwing that out with the bathwater. you talk about biden's role in the picket line. let's talk about his role in shutdown negotiations. how bad could it get come october 1, 12:01 a.m. new york time? >> is possible you see a red headline. it's convenient timing for me in singapore, it's right at noon. but yeah, it will be an absolute midnight moment in the united states if that happens. these shutdowns get worse the longer that they go on. you have a whole bunch of people who are required to show up to work to keep the essential functions of government going. and they don'

that's a big part of what shawn fain does.where some plants have been forced to close down. i know at least one was forced to close down and lay off workers, they go on the government payrolls, right? they go off and file for unemployment. >> one of two things they can do, becky. the uaw has said, if you rn laid off, you are a uaw member, you can apply to the strike fund, which is $500 a week. or you could go to the state government and say, i want to go through unemployment insurance. kind of depends on, do you want to go through the whole process? is it easier to go to your uaw local union hall and say, i got laid off? they know who's been laid off and say, okay, i'll take the $500 a week. >> do the big three or the union do any polling? i think at this point it seems like we're at a point in time where the public is kind of with -- even people you wouldn't think would necessarily be with the workers this time around. at least the narrative about all the concessions during the financial crisis. even 40%, and maybe that might

john thain -- shawn fain was there to welcome him. mr. told workers they were entitled to much more. pres. biden: you should definitely companies are doing incredibly well and you should also be doing incredibly well. you deserve a significant raise and benefits. >> uaw workers have walked out and america's big three carmakers. their demands include a 40% wage increase and a four-day workweek. the strikes began september 15 with local members walking out of three plants. a week after, the union expanded its strike against all distribution centers in 20 states. it is now the 12th day of the strengths and there are warnings of more factory shutdowns. donald trump will also make an appearance at the picket line in detroit on wednesday. so far, the uaw has declined to support either candidate. for more, i am joined by the vice president of the local 51 uaw chapter from detroit. great to have you. what did you think of president biden's message today? >> it was good, followed in line with what shawn fain has said. >> listening to what presiden

and our president shawn fain, he's taken control of that.really needs to stay out of this. this is about the workers and the billions of dollars that we have made for these big three companies, and we still need to focus on the workers and what we are entitled to. >> i remember back in the day, when ford was haven't real trouble, and then we got into 2007-2008 financial crisis, when car companies were in trouble. they went to u workers and, said we need you to help us. we need you to help us get through this. and the uaw agreed to do that. and now you're asking for 30 plus percent increases over four here is. and when shawn fain was asked about that, he said, take a look at what our bosses are. and take a look at what our ceo earns. you're asking for your piece of the pie back, and the companies are saying, that too much money. >> yeah, they have gotten 40% races over the last decade. and actually, the big three ceos, they make 386% more than the average worker per here. that's outrageous. 2009, when we gave up or concessions and we started

so we know that from shawn fain who spoke moments ago, they are in a good place with ford.n substantial progress, and that is why you are not seeing the additional plants from ford added to the targeted strike. but in terms of what ford is offering, they are reinstating cola, cost of living adjustments, taken away in 2009, and many thought they could not get it back, but they are getting it back from ford. and right to strike for plant closures, and if there are layoffs, folks can receive up to two years income and health care. and also, we are seeing the profit sharing increase across the company, and the transition from temporary employees the full time employees that is hopefully going to get the temporary workers wages up which is what the union is asking for, and notably we did not hear at all about wages today, and remember, that we were reporting that all of the companies had offered 20% in wage increases and the union was asking for 40%, and this is left out of the announcement today by shawn fain, and we heard from fain and ford that there is a large gap of the eco

shawn fain would not shake hands of the ceo.transparent announcing the offers on facebook, live online. i think to your point yes, because president biden huge part of his agenda is fighting climate change by pushing much vacation and creating green jobs that are middle-class and whether or not he can deliver on that will come down to what this agreement looks like. former president trump fully aware of anxiety that autoworkers feel about education and how their jobs can change. the wages can go down. jobs. there's a lot of security there. he's working hard to make sure there's a good outcome. matt: president biden has said a couple of times there were not be a strike and he said he's the most prounion president in the history of america. does he get involved here and back the workers? gabby: i think he is limited in what he can do, legally, but i think -- he needs the success of the automakers just as much. if the automakers do not have a deal that a sustainable, then they're not going to support these jobs in the future. i do

union president shawn fain warned about the proposals carmakers move to scale up production of evs.ain said the union will decide on the next steps in the coming days >> things are still status quo moving slowly. we had meetings over the weekend, but we still have a long way to go that's going to be up to the companies how this plays out we'll see how things progress the next few days and if we have to amp up pressure, that's what we will do this battle is not about the president. it is not about the former president or any other person prior to that. this battle is about the workers standing up for economic and social justice and getting their fair share they are fed up with going backwards. >> stellantis has been caught in the crossfire after details of the proposal to the uaw issued last week. the carmaker said it would close 18 u.s. factories, but would repurpose a defunct facility in illinois shawn fain accused the carmaker of using workers as a bargaining chip stellantis held talks with union leaders and looked forward to getting back to work our colleagues will speak with the

what is the incentive for the uaw and shawn fain to settle?y transition has to happen. the big three have to transition. this is also a president when he was vice president was involved in bailing out the automakers and saying they were too big to fail like the banks. if i'm the uaw, the transition has to happen and the government will not let the automakers fail. if there is a real problem here, bigger subsidies for electric vehicles. you will not let the companies fail. we can push as hard as we want given that context. i think the essentials are poorly aligned here for a short strike. >> you don't seem surprised this has got even to be contentious and drawn out? you are saying the auto workers have most of the chips in their favor? >> what do they fundamentally believe? they believe that this transition, you know, could cost jobs if the cars are simplers. they view it as an existential risk. they look at automakers who supposedly have to make the transition and there's no way given what we saw during the great recession that the government

it was a very split photo to get fain.a lot of members who felt like it's just important to stay on the good side of the auto companies. fain represents a different skein. he doesn't have his own group. i don't think he has his own troops as united as we have been portraying in the media. >> so, are you feeling better about a strike not derailing the economy? >> yes. i am. i also think, by the way, i'm not just influenced by the fact that i'm going to meet with kyle, who runs cruz. we're going to be cruising through the streets of san francisco, driverless, but i think there's a lot of members of the uaw who recognize, we got to keep our jobs. there's two tracks of these companies. there's ev, which they want to be nonunion, include batteries, and then there's regular, and regular's going away. so, i think fain talks a good game if it was 1950, but he's not talking a good game if it's 2023. >> you're doing a cruise, not doing waymo, right, jim? >> cruise. alphabet is in the justice department. i don't want to be involved.

fain who invited biden to michigan but hasn't endorsed him yet has high hopes. >> we know the president will do right by the working class. >> reporter: fain says unions are having a moment. >> whether we're writing movies or performing tv shows, whether we're making coffee at starbucks, whether it is nursing people back to health, we do the heavy lifting. we do the real work. >> reporter: and americans agree. an august gallup poll found support for unions at 67%, heist since the 1960s. and 75% approval for uaw. but former president trump also vying for the working class vote which he won in 2016. making a wednesday visit to the wolverine state and accusing biden, his likely opponent, of riding his coattails. >> he is selling our automobile company, everything right down the tubes. so i announced that i'm going to michigan and then he announced 20 minutes later i'm going to michigan. >> reporter: the white house denied that former president trump's visit to michigan played any role in biden's decision to go. and the white house also tried to walk back comments by biden that he supported

fain, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show.n's. do you welcome their involvement? >> well, that's, i guess a mischaracterization of they are not involved in negotiations, you know, our bargaining teams are negotiating workers that are working hard. we are here today, we've been here every day, just like we have the last eight weeks. and the good thing that i see in all of this is our members that are out there manning the picket lines with our allies, and, you know, this really to me is not about the president, or the former president, or presidents before them. this is about working class people standing up, to get their share of economic justice and social justice after being left behind for decades. >> i mean, to that point, speaker pelosi was on the show earlier today and made the point that the auto workers and the leaders of the big three auto workers and what your members make an entire lifetime. you and the automakers of that yesterday, how did those meetings go, and are you closer to reaching an agreement? >> progress