The truth is we are going to wreck the billionaire economy," said UAW President Shawn Fain.
UAW vice president Chuck Browning, who is leading talks with Ford, told a rally of hundreds of UAW workers in downtown Detroit on Friday afternoon that recent talks have made "good progress, but we have far to go."
Striking workers said "tier two" employees can make only half the hourly wages of senior UAW workers and get worse benefits.
GM said on Thursday the UAW wage and benefits proposals would cost the automaker $100 billion, but did not elaborate.
Biden's likely opponent, former president Donald Trump, on Friday criticized the shift to EVs as a job-killer for the UAW.
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