Shawn Fain, the president of the UAW (United Auto Workers), explains the free trade disaster that was NAFTA and how tariffs are part of an intelligent strategy for protecting workers’ rights. He explains how 99% of Trump’s policies go against workers’ rights, and while Trump’s tariffs are generally careless and harmful to workers in America, Trump’s auto tariffs are specifically good for American auto workers and the working class in America.
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Streamed live on Apr 10, 2025
UAW President Shawn Fain discusses the political moment we find ourselves in, our union’s position on tariffs and trade, and the attacks we are facing from the Trump administration.
Bo is married to Nina Morgan and dad to Artemiy Morgan. Bo is son to Carolyn Marie Spinner and Steven Gregory Morgan, brother to Paul Bryant Bergman, Virginia Bowen Barasch and Leaf Morgan. Bo currently works at Apple as an Artificial Intelligence Project Lead. Bo worked previously as Artificial Intelligence Technology Lead for DreamWorks Animation, focused on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Artificial Intelligence (AI) models of cognition. Bo has worked previously as Chief Technology Officer of AIBrain, Inc., a local Palo Alto AI startup company, managing and developing cognitive conversational smartphone robot toys for children that exercise SEL development. While at AIBrain, Bo worked closely with University of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical and educational neuroscientists designing and implementing fMRI experiments for measuring the performance of SEL cognitive development. Bo received his PhD from the MIT Media Lab, where he studied AI under Marvin Minsky. Bo also received an MS in Media Arts and Sciences and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.