{"id":82546,"date":"2026-02-09T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/890790544"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:19:43","slug":"uaw-says-automaker-ford-worker-who-heckled-trump-kept-job-not-disciplined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/uaw-says-automaker-ford-worker-who-heckled-trump-kept-job-not-disciplined\/","title":{"rendered":"UAW says automaker Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, not disciplined"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"ttsIcon-cIBsl\"><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg?w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"toggletip-tKLKF ttsToggleTip-DSCNQ\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggletipInfoButton-yoX4E\" aria-label=\"More information\" aria-controls=\":R89qnl:\" aria-describedby=\":R89qnl:\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. 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We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The United Auto Workers union said on Monday a Ford worker who heckled U.S. President&nbsp;Donald Trump during a visit \u200blast month to a Michigan auto plant was not disciplined and kept his job.<\/p>\n<p>The incident prompted Trump to raise his middle finger and shout profanity toward the worker who criticized Trump&#8217;s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, according \u200bto the UAW and video posted online.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also told worker Thomas \u201cTJ\u201d Sabula he would be fired, said UAW vice president Laura \u2060Dickerson, speaking at a political conference in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This ain&#8217;t <em>The Apprentice<\/em>,&#8221; \u200dshe said, referring \u2060to the reality show Trump hosted \u200bbefore becoming president, in which contestants were dismissed at the end of each episode if they&nbsp;performed badly in tasks.<\/p>\n<p>She 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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u200dwas touring the Ford F-150 assembly plant in Dearborn when a worker on the plant floor shouted what sounded like \u201cpedophile protector\u201d as the president stood on an elevated walkway, a video showed. Trump turned \u2060toward the individual and appeared to respond with an expletive before making a hand gesture with \u200bhis middle finger as he walked off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a worker at that \u200bplant that day who famously told Mr. Trump exactly what he thought \u200dof him,&#8221; Dickerson said. &#8220;Unfortunately in that moment we saw what the current president really thinks about working people \u200dand the way he \u2060responded \u2026 he gave us the middle finger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Online fundraising campaigns for Sabula topped more than $800,000 US before they were suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Ford&#8217;s executive chairman Bill Ford, speaking with the&nbsp;media after the factory tour, called the incident unfortunate and said he was embarrassed by it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. 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