The big news in the United Auto Workers strikes against the Detroit Three automakers is that UAW President Shawn Fein wore an “Eat the Rich” T-shirt at his weekly press conference.

UAW President Shawn Fain, wearing an "EAT THE RICH" T-shirt, passionately denounced auto executives for looking down on working-class auto workers in a speech on Facebook Live on Friday.

He showed up on Facebook Live yesterday wearing this T-shirt that said Eat The Rich. He loves playing up class politics. He's straight-up said, these billionaire executives, they think we are dumb.

We're going to learn it all over again," said Stan Marshall, former UAW Regional 1-C director, 1981-1989. "We didn't gain any of these gains over the years without a struggle." ...

GM and Stellantis didn't immediately comment. The automakers have resisted bringing battery plants into the national UAW contracts, contending the joint venture partners must be involved in the talks.

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