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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks to United Auto Workers members prior to U.S. President Joe Biden's speech at the UAW's Community Action Program legislative conference in Washington on Jan. 24, 2024. Leah Millis/Reuters
The imperious, overbearing union boss has been a near cliché ever since the 1954 debut of “On the Waterfront” starring Marlon Brando and Lee J. Cobb as boss Johnny Friendly. Considered among the greatest of all American films, it was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg.
