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Biden to travel to Michigan to ‘join the picket line’ with UAW workers on strike

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Biden’s hastily arranged trip will occur 24 hours before Donald Trump is scheduled to arrive in the state to show his own solidarity with the auto workers.
President Joe Biden on Friday said he will visit Michigan next week to support strikes by the United Auto Workers.
„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 said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The president’s announcement came hours after UAW boss Shawn Fain invited Biden to join the striking autoworkers.
Biden’s hastily arranged trip will occur only 24 hours before former President Donald Trump is scheduled to arrive in the state to show his own solidarity with the autoworkers.
The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination announced this week that he planned to skip Wednesday’s GOP primary debate in California, in order to visit Detroit and give a speech to UAW members.
Biden sided with the autoworkers on Sept. 15 when the UAW initially targeted three key plants in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio.

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