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President Joe Biden on Friday offered his support to the United Auto Workers, as he addressed their strike aimed at the Big Three auto makers.
Auto companies have seen record profits because of the “extraordinary skill and sacrifices” of UAW workers, Biden said in a brief speech at the White House.
“Those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers,” the president added.
“The companies have made some significant offers, but I believe they should go further to ensure record corporate profits mean record contracts for the UAW,” he also said.
Biden gave his remarks after about 12,700 workers went on strike early Friday as their union and the Big Three automakers failed to reach an agreement before a contract expired.
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plant in Missouri and a Stellantis NV
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The UAW so far has not endorsed Biden’s re-election bid, even as the AFL-CIO and other big unions have lined up behind the Democratic incumbent.
The presidential race in 2024 could be a rematch of 2020’s contest between Biden and former President Donald Trump, who has won over some union households that historically have backed Democrats like Biden rather than Republicans.
See: Here are the Republicans running for president
Biden got more support than Trump from union households in the battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin in 2020, but Trump got more support from such households in Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to Edison Research exit polls.
Trump has seized on concerns that the car industry’s shift toward electric vehicles
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which the Biden administration has promoted, could hurt American workers. “The all Electric Car is a disaster for both the United Auto Workers and the American Consumer,” the former president said Friday in a post on his Truth Social platform.
On Friday, Biden said he hopes the UAW and car companies “can return to the negotiation table to forge a win-win agreement,” and he said he’s sending two administration officials to Detroit — Julie Su, the acting secretary of labor, and Gene Sperling, a senior adviser.
GM posted a 2022 net profit of $11.04 billion, up from $10.38 billion in 2021, while Ford recorded a 2022 net profit of $7.62 billion, up from $6.43 billion in the prior year. For Stellantis, the parent company for brands such as Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep, last year’s net profit was $17.83 billion, up from $15.12 billion.
UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement after Biden’s speech that union members “agree with Joe Biden when he says ‘record profits mean record contracts.’”
Fain also said: “Working people are not afraid. You know who’s afraid? The corporate media is afraid. The White House is afraid. The companies are afraid.”
Now read: Tesla may be the winner of the Big Three labor woes
And see: Will the UAW strike push up car prices?
Plus: UAW strike to have limited impact on Big Three, Fitch says
Claudia Assis contributed.
North Korean state hackers exploited a cloud services provider called JumpCloud to steal funds from crypto companies that use its services, Reuters reported on July 20.
Reuter’s confidential sources indicate that the North Korean state-backed hackers had a specific focus on cryptocurrency companies. However, the report did not disclose the names of the impacted companies or the exact quantity of cryptocurrency purportedly stolen.
Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity firm collaborating with JumpCloud to probe the incident, attributed the attack to a group known as Labyrinth Chollima. Although the representative from Crowdstrike did not confirm if any cryptocurrency was stolen, he noted the group’s history of targeting cryptocurrency companies.
In an update on July 20, JumpCloud announced North Korea as the perpetrator of the attack, It also disclosed that less than five of the company’s 200,000 corporate clients, and less than 10 devices, were affected.
Previously, the company described a spear-phishing campaign conducted by a “sophisticated nation-state sponsored threat actor.” The company said that the attack began on June 22 and said that it detected those activities on June 27.
JumpCloud said that it did not find any indication that customers were affected at that time. The company nevertheless updated credentials and took extra steps to preserve security; it also contacted law enforcement. However, on July 5, the company discovered additional activity that affected its customers, who were then informed of the situation.
JumpCloud says attackers are advanced
JumpCloud called the attackers “sophisticated and persistent adversaries with advanced capabilities” and said the best defense involves sharing information.
JumpCloud said that the attack vector involved data injection into its commands framework. The attack was found to be highly targeted and specific to certain customers. The attack produced a list of IOCs (Indicators of Compromise), which JumpCloud has shared.
North Korean attackers have been involved in other crypto attacks including those against Axie Infinity and Horizon Bridge. Estimates from Chainalysis suggest that North Korean groups stole $1.7 billion amidst $3.8 billion in broader crypto thefts in 2022.
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