[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4308-H4309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SUPPORT FOR UAW WORKERS

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I stand in solidarity with the hardworking 
men and women of the United Auto Workers as they bargain for a fair 
contract.
  Unions helped build the middle class. The labor movement was actually 
founded in large part in my district, the Eighth Congressional District 
of Michigan, in my hometown of Flint where the autoworkers sat down in 
the auto plants to stand up for good wages, for safer working 
conditions, and for better benefits.
  Every day in my district, UAW members build award-winning vehicles. 
They are standing up to demand a fair share of the value that they 
produce. Everyone, every worker, not just those at the top, should 
benefit from that.
  The fight is not just about fair contracts for union workers, though. 
It is about fairness and the future of all workers in this country.
  In Congress, I have championed bills to expand workers' rights, 
including the right to join a union, and I have

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stood in opposition to those efforts to try to take those rights away 
to pass antiworker, anti-union legislation that would hurt our economy 
and hurt American families.

  Let me be clear. To the men and women of the UAW who are fighting for 
a fair contract, I stand in solidarity with you.

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