UAW President Fain Endorses Democratic Slate at Detroit Labor Day March Amid Federal Investigation
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Fain rallied approximately 11,000 union members at Detroit's Labor Day parade, endorsing a full slate of Michigan Democrats for the upcoming November elections. Fain publicly backed Jocelyn Benson for governor, Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate, Garlin Gilchrist II for secretary of state, and Eli Savit for attorney general. He framed the midterms as a crucial decision point for working people versus the 'billionaire class.' This show of political force comes as Fain himself is under scrutiny, with the U.S. Department of Justice having opened an investigation in July into allegations that he retaliated against UAW Vice President Rich Boyer. The allegations reportedly stem from reports filed by the union's court-appointed federal monitor, which also issued rules for an August mail-ballot election pitting Fain against Boyer for the union presidency.