Trump outreach to Teamsters sparks tensions over his anti-union record

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Donald Trump is a billionaire, and that's who he represents.
58% : Trump responded to the UAW endorsement by lashing out at Fain on social media.
57% : Biden won 57% of union households in 2020, versus 40% for Trump, an improvement over Hillary Clinton's eight-point advantage in 2016, according to exit polls by Edison Research.
55% : Trump has received few union endorsements outside of law enforcement unions.
51% : Trump has called himself "pro-worker," positioning himself as an ally of the working class, but he has supported numerous policies that constricted labor's power.
47% : " "They're wrong about that," Trump responded in a news conference after the meeting, saying that he has completed some projects with union labor and others without them.
47% : He installed a leader at the NLRB, widely opposed by unions, whose policies and rulings weakened workers' rights.
46% : " In media appearances announcing the endorsement, Fain addressed the tension that Trump is trying to stoke in his ranks, maintaining that most UAW members would support Biden.
42% : " Trump reacted angrily to last week's UAW endorsement of Biden, which counts tens of thousands of members in key swing states.
35% : One executive board member refused to attend and called Trump a "known union buster, scab and insurrectionist.
33% : O'Brien said the meeting did not include any concessions, commitments or surprising answers from Trump.
30% : In 1999 Trump settled a lawsuit over hiring nonunion demolition workers to demolish the site for Trump Tower and withholding benefit payments and interest amounting to $4 million.
24% : " Trump has criticized union leaders for consistently endorsing Democrats, claiming they do so against the wishes of rank-and-file members who are more sympathetic to him.
24% : "The unions and the Teamsters, if they don't have it closed down, they're not going to exist," Trump said of the border.
21% : Trump tried to change the dynamic with Wednesday's visit to the Teamsters.
19% : That is exactly the opposite of everything Donald Trump stands for.
16% : A UAW official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said Fain said the wrong name, and the union's internal polling shows a majority support for Biden over Trump.)
13% : "Donald Trump is a scab.
9% : "Donald Trump pretends to be pro-worker, then sides with management and does nothing while factories close and jobs are lost," Biden campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa said.
9% : During last year's strike against the Big Three Detroit automakers, Trump threatened that supporting Biden would bring the union's own destruction.

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