Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Draws Support of Auto Union (1)

Jan. 14, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

The United Auto Workers union has thrown its support behind a Ford Motor Co. factory worker who was suspended for heckling President Donald Trump during a plant tour in Michigan.

“The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW,” Laura Dickerson, the UAW vice president over the union’s Ford Department, said in a statement Wednesday. “He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.”

The worker, TJ Sabula, told the Washington Post he had “definitely ...

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