His decision to stand alongside the striking workers represents perhaps the most significant display of union solidarity ever by a sitting president.
President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan to join the picket line of auto workers on strike nationwide, he said on Friday afternoon.
“Tuesday, I’ll go to Michigan to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create,” Biden wrote on X, the platform previously known as Twitter., recognizing that he needs the full backing of union workers in his presidential reelection bid.expand to more than three dozen additional locations
across the country, rapidly expanding the union’s picket line that began at just three plants last Friday. Fain also asked Biden to join the workers on the picket line. Former President Donald Trump also has plans to visit Michigan next week. Despite backlash from Fain, the leading candidate in the Republican presidential primaryHolly Otterbein and Sam Stein contributed to this report.
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