OUR MEMBERS ARE WORKING 60, 70, EVEN 80 HOURS A WEEK, JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THAT’S NOT A
LIVING. THAT’S BARELY SURVIVING
. AND IT NEEDS TO STOP.
>> THE UAW DEMANDING CHANGE.
IT’S TAKING ITS CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS PUBLIC. GOOD TO
HAVE YOU WITH US THIS NOON FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, THE
NEGOTIATING TEAMS ELECTED BY
UNION MEMBERS TO REPRESENT THEM
WILL BE SITTING AT THE TABLE
WHEN THESE DISCUSSIONS HAPPEN
WITH CHRYSLER, GM AND FORD, I
SHOULD SAY STELLANTIS SAYS THE
CURRENT CONTRACTS EXPIRE IN
JUST SIX WEEKS. LET’S BRING IN
ROD MELONI, WHO IS LIVE TO
EXPLAIN. THE UNION HERE. ROD,
MAKING SOME BIG ASKS.
>> WELL, THEY’RE DOING THAT AND
THEY’RE ALSO DOING IT IN
PUBLIC, JASON. AND HERE’S THE
BIG CHANGE. YOU KNOW, SHAWN
FEIN IS KIND OF SHUFFLE THE
DECK ON EVERYTHING. HE WENT OUT
AND DID THE HANDSHAKE WITH HIS
WORKERS, NOT THE CEOS. AND
TRADITIONALLY, NOW UNDER THE
REUTHER PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN
IN PLACE FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS,
THE PRESIDENT WOULD COME IN AND
HAND OVER HIS ECONOMIC DEMANDS
TO THE COMPANIES. THIS TIME,
EVERY EVERY YEAR OR EVERY TIME
THEY GO FOR A NATIONAL CONTRACT
. USED TO BE THREE YEARS. NOW
IT’S EVERY FOUR YEARS. SO WHAT
FEIN HAS DONE IS SAID, NO,
WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT THIS
TIME. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT
THE MEMBERS DEMANDS AND WE’RE
GOING TO DO IT IN PUBLIC SO
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT IS AT
STAKE HERE. AND IT’S NOT JUST
ONE PERSON MAKING THE DECISION
. AND HE HAS MADE SOME RATHER
AUDACIOUS CLAIMS HERE, OR AT
LEAST SOME AUDACIOUS REQUESTS
AS HE GOES IN TO THE DOMESTIC
THREE WITH HIS ECONOMIC
DEMANDS. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE LIST. HE SAYS HE WANTS THE
RIGHT TO STRIKE OVER PLANT
CLOSURES. NOW, THAT IS NOT THE
WAY FEDERAL LAW READS, RIGHT
NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN
STRIKE OVER. AND SO THAT IS
GOING TO BE PROBABLY HOTLY
CONTESTED. AND THEN THERE’S
THEY WANT A WORKING FAMILY
PROTECTION PROGRAM. HE’S
BASICALLY SAYING THAT WORKING
SHOULD NOT BE THE VAST MAJORITY
OF YOUR LIFE AND TIME. HE WANTS
THE END OF ABUSE OF TEMPORARY
WORKERS. HE WANTS THEM TO
BECOME ALL PERMANENT WORKERS.
HE WANTS SIGNIFICANT RETIREE
PAY. HE WANTS THE BIG THREE
PLANTS. ACTUALLY, HE SAID THAT
65 PLANTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OVER
THE LAST 20 YEARS. AND HE ALSO
HAS ANOTHER BIG ASK, WHICH IS
DEFENDING COMMUNITIES FROM
CORPORATE GREED AND IS
ESSENTIALLY A RESTORATION OF
WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE JOBS
BANK. ALL OF THIS STUFF IS
STUFF THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE UAW NATIONAL CONTRACT
BACK DURING THE BANKRUPTCIES OF
2009 AND 2010. SO LET’S HEAR
FROM SEAN FEIN FROM HIS ADDRESS
THAT HE DID ON FACEBOOK LAST
NIGHT FOR THE MEMBERSHIP.
>> I KNOW THESE DEMANDS SOUND
AMBITIOUS, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT
THE BIG THREE CAN EASILY AFFORD
THEM. WE’RE CURRENTLY LIVING IN
A COST OF LIVING CRISIS CAUSED
BY CORPORATE GREED. COMPANIES
ARE JACKING UP PRICES TO MAKE
LARGER AND LARGER PROFITS,
WHILE OUR WAGES HAVE REMAINED
STAGNANT OR REGRESSED. THE
RESULT IS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK
LONGER AND HARDER JUST TO
MAINTAIN THE SAME STANDARD OF
LIVING WE’VE HAD BEFORE.
>> AND SO NOW HE’S ALSO SAYING
HE ONLY WANTS A 32 HOUR
WORKWEEK, MORE PAY, FEWER
HOURS, BETTER LIFESTYLE. WELL,
WE’LL GET SOME REACTION ON THAT
COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE. REPORTING LIVE, ROD
MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> BOY, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN
INTERESTING ROAD AHEAD. THANKS
ROD. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN US
HISTORY, A FORMER PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO
OVERTURN AN ELECTION. FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FACING A
NEW INDICTMENT FOR ALLEGEDLY
TRYING TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED
STATES. NBC’S DREW PETRIMOULX
REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON THAT
TRUMP IS SPECIFICALLY ALLEGED
TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THREE
CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CONSPIRACIES
.
>> THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRULY
EXTRAORDINARY. FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS SAY FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED MULTIPLE
STRATEGIES TO REMAIN PRESIDENT
AFTER AN ELECTION HE KNEW HE
HAD LOST. TRUMP IS FIGHTING
BACK, COMPARING THE PROSECUTION
TO GERMANY AS HE CONTINUES HIS
PUSH TO RETURN TO THE
PRESIDENCY. FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP INDICTED ON FOUR NEW
CHARGES FOR WHAT PROSECUTORS
SAY WERE TRUMP’S MULTI-PRONGED
EFFORT TO REMAIN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE AFTER LOSING THE 2020
ELECTION. THE FEDERAL
INDICTMENT ACCUSES THE FORMER
PRESIDENT OF TAKING PART IN
THREE CONSPIRACIES TO OBSTRUCT
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS BY
STOPPING THE CERTIFICATE OF
VOTES ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021, AND
A THIRD BROAD CONSPIRACY TO
DISENFRANCHIZE VOTERS.
>> THE ATTACK ON OUR NATION’S
CAPITOL ON JANUARY SIXTH, 2021,
WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED ASSAULT ON
THE SEAT OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK
SMITH’S SECOND INDICTMENT OF
TRUMP.
>> HE’S THE SAME PROSECUTOR WHO
CHARGED TRUMP WITH FEDERAL
CRIMES OVER HIS HANDLING OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. ATTORNEY
GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND
APPOINTED SMITH AND SAYS SMITH
IS ACTING INDEPENDENTLY.
>> MR. SMITH AND HIS TEAM OF
EXPERIENCED, PRINCIPLED CAREER
AGENTS AND PROSECUTORS HAVE
FOLLOWED THE FACTS AND THE LAW.
WHEREVER THEY LEAD.
>> BUT TRUMP AND HIS DEFENDERS
SAY THE PROSECUTION IS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
>> JOE BIDEN’S RUNNING AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP AND LOSING
CURRENTLY, AND NOW WE HAVE THAT
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INDICTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP, TRUMP TAKING
TO SOCIAL MEDIA, WRITING.
>> WHY DIDN’T THEY BRING THIS
RIDICULOUS CASE TWO AND A HALF
YEARS AGO? THEY WANTED IT RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CAMPAIGN,
THAT’S WHY. BUT FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAD A
DIFFERENT TAKE IN A STATEMENT
RESPONDING TO THE INDICTMENT.
HE SAYS ANYONE WHO PUTS HIMSELF
OVER THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD
NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. A SHARP REBUKE
FROM THE MAN WHO WAS ONCE
TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE. THIS IS
THE THIRD TIME TRUMP HAS BEEN
INDICTED TWICE NOW BY THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL AND ONCE BY A
DA IN NEW YORK OVER TRUMP’S
PAYMENTS TO ADULT FILM ACTRESS
STORMY DANIELS CHARGES. IN A
FOURTH CASE REGARDING ELECTION
INTERFERENCE IN GEORGIA COULD
COME THIS MONTH. REPORTING FROM
WASHINGTON DREW PETRILLO BACK
TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, DREW, EARLIER
TODAY ON THE 6 A.M. HOUR OF THE
MORNING SHOW, WE HAD FORMER US
ATTORNEY BARBARA MCQUADE ON
WITH US. AND SHE POINTED OUT
SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING
RELATING TO MICHIGAN’S ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
>> LISTEN TO MICHIGANDERS COME
ACROSS LOOKING VERY GOOD IN
THIS INDICTMENT. AND THOSE ARE
FORMER LEADERS. MIKE SHIRKEY
AND LEE CHATFIELD, WHO WERE
PRESSURED BY BOTH THE FORMER
PRESIDENT AND COCONSPIRATOR,
ONE WHO I THINK KNOWS SECRET IS
RUDY GIULIANI, TO TRY TO FLIP
THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION IN
MICHIGAN. AND THEY STOOD FIRM
AND SAID, NO, WE STAND BY OUR
VOTERS HERE. SO THINK THEY
DESERVE SOME CREDIT FOR
REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF
MICHIGAN. WELL LEE CHATFIELD,
THE FORMER MICHIGAN HOUSE
SPEAKER AND THE FORMER MAJORITY
LEADER, MIKE SHIRKEY, SHE’S
REFERRING TO THEY’RE BOTH
REPUBLICANS.
>> MEANTIME, TWO MEMBERS OF THE
MICHIGAN GOP ARE NOW FACING
CRIMINAL CHARGES AS WELL. MATT
DEPERNO AND DARREN DUNN ARE
ACCUSED OF TRYING TO GAIN
ACCESS TO MICHIGAN VOTING
MACHINES AFTER THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WHEN
DEPERNO WAS BACKED BY TRUMP IN
HIS BID FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
BUT LOST TO DANA NESSEL IN
2022. RENDON SERVED IN THE
STATE HOUSE. DEPERNO WAS
ATTORNEY, SAYS HIS CLIENT
DENIES ANY WRONGDOING SINCE
YESTERDAY MORNING, FIVE
COMMUNITIES IN MACOMB COUNTY
ARE STILL UNDER A BOIL WATER
ADVISORY. AFTER THAT, MAJOR
WATER MAIN BREAK IN MACOMB
TOWNSHIP. PEOPLE LIVING IN
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, LENOX
TOWNSHIP, MACOMB TOWNSHIP, THE
CITY OF ROCHESTER AND THE
VILLAGE OF NEW HAVEN, LOST THAT
WATER PRESSURE YESTERDAY. AND
YOU CAN SEE JUST WHAT IT
AMOUNTED TO THERE. RESIDENTS
STILL NEED TO BOIL THEIR WATER
BEFORE DRINKING IT OR BRUSHING
YOUR TEETH UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE. THE GREAT LAKES WATER
AUTHORITY SAYS AFTER TESTING TO
MAKE SURE THE WATER IS SAFE,
THE NOTICE WILL GO OUT. AND
IT’S EXPECTED TO BE LIFTED
SOMETIME TOMORROW. NOW LET’S
GET TO ASHLEY IN THE FORECAST.
THAT’S SOME GOOD NEWS TODAY.
>> YEAH, SO WE’RE NOT LOOKING
AT A SEVERE THREAT FOR WEATHER
TODAY. AND THAT IS WELCOME NEWS
AFTER A PRETTY ROCKY STRETCH OF
SOME WEATHER THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS. BUT WE DO HAVE VARIABLE
SKY CONDITIONS DEPENDING ON
WHERE YOU’RE AT AT THIS LUNCH
HOUR. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN
DETROIT. GROSEILLE AND MONROE,
THOUGH IT’S LIKELY THAT HAZY
SUNSHINE FROM THE WILDFIRE
SMOKE, A LITTLE MORE CLOUD
COVER AS YOU GET UP TOWARDS
PONTIAC MOUNT CLEMENS. AND WE
DO HAVE SOME RAIN CLOSER TO THE
LAPEER AREA, 71 IN SANDUSKY, 77
AT METRO, 76 OFF IN ANN ARBOR.
AND THEN WE’RE JUST SHY OF 80
IN HOWELL. MOUNT CLEMENS HAS
ALREADY CRACKED THAT 80 DEGREE
MARK, SITTING AT 81. SO YOU CAN
SEE THE BIGGER DISTURBANCE
THAT’S OFF TO OUR SOUTHWEST
FROM DES MOINES TOWARD SAINT
LOUIS, DEALING WITH SOME
STRONGER STORMS DEVELOPING. WE
JUST HAVE A COUPLE LITTLE
REMNANT LIKE SHOWERS ACROSS OUR
AREA. SO I’VE ZOOMED IN TO THE
THUMB AND THAT’S WHERE YOU SEE
ALL THESE SHOWERS KIND OF JUST
DRAPING VERY SPECKLY CLOSER TO
I 69. SO THAT’LL BE A LITTLE
MORE IMPACTFUL FOR OUR NORTHERN
COMMUNITIES. BUT EVEN STILL,
IT’S ON THE VERY LIGHT SIDE. SO
HAZY SUNSHINE WITH A FEW OF
THESE ISOLATED AFTERNOON
SHOWERS TO OUR NORTH WILL BE
CLOSER TO 84 DEGREES FOR THAT
AFTERNOON HIGH WITH A MIX OF
SOME SUN AND CLOUDS. BUT WE DO
WARM UP HEADING INTO TOMORROW
AND THEN WE TAKE A LITTLE DIP.
BUT WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME
RAIN IN THE FORECAST. WE’LL
TIME IT OUT FOR YOU IN A FEW
MINUTES. BUT IF YOU’RE HEADING
OUT THE DOOR, YOU CAN ALWAYS
TAKE RADAR WITH YOU AND THE