September 15, 2023: The UAW is on strike. Heres why it matters.
At midnight, the UAW\u2019s roughly 150,000 members went on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis \u2014 the first time ever that the union has targeted all three companies simultaneously in a labor action that threatens to rattle national politics. Though the more immediate issues at play are higher wages wages and better benefits, the broader implications for President Joe Biden \u2014 who has yet to win the UAW\u2019s endorsement \u2014 and for the 2024 electoral map are undeniable. Playbook deputy editor Zack Stanton sits down with E&E White House reporter Scott Waldman for the whole story. That, and the latest from Capitol Hill and Hunter Biden\u2019s legal saga, on this morning\u2019s Playbook Daily Briefing.\nPlaybook Deputy Editor Zack Stanton interviews E&E White House reporter Scott Waldman.