UAW President Shawn Fein rallies in Detroit in support of Kamala Harris in the final push before Election Day

UAW President Endorses Vice President Harris in Detroit

UAW President Sean Fein was joined by Democratic lawmakers in a last-ditch effort to get voters to cast ballots on Tuesday.

DETROIT (FOX 2) – UAW President Shawn Fein rallied with union members in Detroit on Friday as local lawmakers looked to gain a voice.

Fein says the upcoming election will define this generation. He addressed hundreds of people at the House of Trade Union Solidarity.

“This country was built by the working class. And when we defeat Donald Trump on Tuesday and deal another crushing blow to the billionaire class, it will be because you won that victory,” Fein told the crowd. “In the UAW and in our labor movement, our answer to hatred and division is simple, our answer is solidarity. If we stick together, we will never lose.”

It was a who’s who of the Democratic Party and legislators who took the podium for the final vote on the UAW’s roughly 370,000 active members.

Meanwhile, the keynote of the evening was a famous face from the Bronx. The very progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was in town urging voters to go to the polls. During her stop, she took time to slam former President Donald Trump’s harsh comments about Detroit in October.

“We heard it from Trump saying, ‘Oh, what’s going to happen, is the world going to be like Detroit?’ Hell yeah,” AOC said. “I would like to be like the place where the strongest and most militant union in the United States of America resides.”

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson spoke with a large UAW pin on her jacket. Her message was to prevent any intimidation or fear-mongering from stopping anyone from voting on Tuesday. Once again assuring that there will be fair elections in Michigan, stating that all the eyes of the country and even the world are watching.

“This week alone there has been so much dirt and misinformation intended to discourage us from participating or from believing in our own voices,” Benson said. “We are going to stand up to anyone, anywhere, anytime who tries to stand in the way of our rights and our freedoms.”

Representatives Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib were there. Tlaib did not endorse Kamala Harris at the rally, instead telling voters to focus on all races, not just the presidential one.