The Daily Populous Tuesday February 10th, 2026 day edition
Authored by commondreams.org and submitted by metacyan

TJ Sabula, the auto worker who called President Donald Trump a “pedophile protector" last month, is reportedly keeping his job.

According to a report from the Detroit News, United Auto Workers (UAW) vice president Laura Dickerson said on Monday that Sabula is not getting fired from his job at a Ford truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan, and he will not face any discipline for his heckling of the president.

Dickerson, who discussed Sabula's case at the UAW's annual Community Action Program conference in Washington, DC, also took a shot at Trump for giving Sabula the middle finger while appearing to mouth or yell “fuck you” back at the auto worker.

"In that moment, we saw what the president really thinks about working people," Dickerson said. "As UAW members, we speak truth to power. We don't just protect rights, we exercise them."

UAW president Shawn Fain also took time during the conference to offer appreciation for Sabula, the Detroit News reported.

"That's a union brother who spoke up," said Fain. "He put his constitutional rights to work. He put his union rights to work."

Sabula, who said he decided to called Trump a "pedophile protecter" for his attempts to block the release of files related to late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, had been suspended from his job after the incident took place.

Critics of the president quickly rushed to Sabula's aid, however, as two separate GoFundMe campaigns aimed at raising money for the auto worker raked in a total of over $800,000.

In an interview published last month by the Washington Post, Sabula said he had “no regrets whatsoever” about yelling at the president, even though it led to his suspension.

“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” Sabula told the Post. “And today I think I did that.”

Mind_Killer on February 9th, 2026 at 23:40 UTC »

Not sure there has ever been a better or bigger argument for why you should be in a union. They can literally fight against the will of the President and come out victorious. Strength in numbers.

> “In that moment, we saw what the president really thinks about working people,” Dickerson said. “As UAW members, we speak truth to power. We don’t just protect rights, we exercise them.”

Amen.

B-Z_B-S on February 9th, 2026 at 23:20 UTC »

He was part of a union. This is why unions need to exist! Otherwise, companies can roll over their workers effortlessly.

OriginalFNG on February 9th, 2026 at 23:19 UTC »

As it should be.