UAW files federal labor lawsuit against Trump campaign over Musk interview

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United Auto Workers alliance Launched a series of attacks Opposition to Trump’s campaign After Tuesday Former President Joins Elon Musk Interviewed by X on Monday Night Live.

The union issued a statement saying that it has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against Trump and Musk, accusing the two of using their words to intimidate workers. In the interview About the strike.

The UAW’s X account also posted a video on Tuesday morning highlighting the segment from the interview, in which Trump described Musk firing a group of striking workers — though it’s unclear if that was the actual situation he was referring to.

“I mean, look what you did,” Trump told Musk, laughing. “You walked in and said, you want to quit? They went on strike, I won’t mention the company by name, but they went on strike, and you said, that’s fine, y’all go. You all go. So, every single one of you went.”

The Independent The Trump campaign has been contacted for comment on the UAW’s labor complaint.

“When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump is against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean. Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, who contributes $45 million a month to Super PACs to help him get elected,” UAW President Sean Fein said in a statement included in the union’s press release on Tuesday.

“Both Trump and Musk want the working class to sit down and shut up, and they openly laugh at this. This is disgusting, illegal, and completely predictable behavior from these two clowns,” his statement continued.

Another major union, the American Federation of Labor-CIO (AFL-CIO), seemed to agree: “Scabs know scabs,” its X account posted on Monday evening.

Fein has long been an outspoken critic of Trump, and the UAW’s latest action only further highlights the rift between the two largest unions in the U.S., the UAW and the Teamsters. In July, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien became the first union leader to speak at the Republican convention.

O’Brien’s speech at the Republican National Convention lent credibility to the economic populist image Trump is trying to reshape, especially with his choice of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate. Vance was the only Republican member of Congress to appear on the UAW picket line during the 2023 strike. But these latest comments about the strike action and the UAW’s efforts to publicize the strike action will undermine that image.

Vance has been campaigning for Donald Trump over the past few weeks, and as a result he has become the target of criticism from Democrats for failing to get a vote in the Senate to extend the child tax credit. On Monday evening, the Harris campaign slammed Trump’s interview with Musk in a press release, mocking the SpaceX CEO and his guest. For technical issues This seriously delayed the interview.