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Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

BONUS POD: Shawn Fain, President of the United Automobile Workers Union

Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

CBS News

Cbs, News Commentary, Tv & Film, Politics, News

3.81K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Shawn Fain, the President of the United Automobile Workers Union, joins Face the Nation to discuss the Trump administration’s new auto tariffs and the challenges facing organized labor. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.4

Hello everyone. This is Chief Washington correspondent, Major Garrett, in for Margaret Brennan

0:34.9

on Face the Nation. This week we interviewed Sean Fane, the President of the United Auto Workers Union.

0:40.3

Here is an extended cut of our conversation.

0:43.3

We go now to the President of the United Auto Workers Union, Sean Fain.

0:48.3

Sean, it's great to have you with us. I appreciate the time.

0:50.3

Let's start very simply on the question of tariffs on autos and auto parts.

0:55.9

Fundamentally and quite simply, why do you believe those are helpful for your membership?

1:01.8

Thanks for having me. Look, all you have to do is look at the history of the United States,

1:07.9

especially in auto manufacturing in the last 30 years with the inception

1:11.1

of NAFTA and unfair trade laws.

1:14.4

We've seen over 90,000 manufacturing facilities leave the United States.

1:17.8

We've seen in the big three alone in the last 20 plus years, 65 plants have closed.

1:24.5

You know, and so, look, tariffs aren't the total solution.

1:28.3

Tariffs are a tool in the toolbox to get these companies to do the right thing and the intent

1:34.3

behind it is to bring jobs back here and, you know, invest in the American workers.

1:39.3

The American working class people have been left behind for decades, and they're sick of it.

1:46.1

You know, it's a massive struggle.

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