Biden is seeking the union’s endorsement in his upcoming reelection campaign and has often called himself “the most pro-union president in American history.”
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President Joe Biden will visit striking workers at the United Auto Workers picket line in Michigan Tuesday to show his support for the workers, the reported, citing anonymous sources—an extraordinary display of pro-union sentiment from a sitting president.Key Facts
On Tuesday, Biden is reportedly scheduled to speak to the workers after the union invited him earlier Friday.
Biden has endorsed the union’s demands for increased pay, saying last week, „record corporate profits, which they have, should be shared by record contracts for the UAW,” though he has refrained from getting involved in negotiations at the request of the UAW.
