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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Feb 9, 2026, 12:44 PM 11 hrs ago

UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, 'no discipline' on record

Source: Detroit News

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UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, 'no discipline' on record

Grant Schwab
The Detroit News
Updated Feb. 9, 2026, 11:41 a.m. ET

Washington — The Ford Motor Co. employee who heckled President Donald Trump during a January visit to the company's Dearborn Truck Plant. still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official confirmed Monday.

"TJ, we got your back," United Auto Workers Vice President Laura Dickerson said during a Washington, D.C., speech Monday morning. She was referencing TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old UAW Local 600 line worker at the factory who called Trump a "pedophile protector."

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The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said

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The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said

Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
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11:21 AM · Feb 9, 2026
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UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, 'no discipline' on record (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago OP
Excellent. ck4829 11 hrs ago #1
Just another example of why more American workers need to support unions!! walkingman 11 hrs ago #2
As it should be Wild blueberry 9 hrs ago #3
Union strong! electric_blue68 7 hrs ago #4
Live better, work union! SunSeeker 7 hrs ago #5
Good. Especially when you consider that raccoon 4 hrs ago #6

raccoon

(32,286 posts)
6. Good. Especially when you consider that
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 07:22 PM
4 hrs ago

Donnie pardoned so many of those January 6 traitors. What they did was a helluva lot worse.

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