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The New York Times reports:
President Biden announced that he would travel to Michigan on Tuesday to “join the picket line” with members of the United Automobile Workers who are on strike against the nation’s leading automakers, in one of the most significant displays of presidential support for striking workers in decades.
The trip is set to come a day before Mr. Biden’s leading rival in the 2024 campaign, Donald J. Trump, has planned his own speech in Michigan, and was announced hours after Shawn Fain, the union’s president, escalated pressure on the White House with a public invitation to Mr. Biden.
There is little to no precedent for a sitting president joining striking workers on a picket line. Seth Harris, a former top labor policy adviser for Mr. Biden, said he was not aware of any president walking a picket line before.
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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.
It’s time for a win-win agreement that keeps American auto manufacturing thriving with well-paid UAW jobs.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 22, 2023
Breaking News: President Biden will join a UAW picket line next week, in what may be a president’s strongest show of support for striking workers in decades. https://t.co/pYGn8pEDA9
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 22, 2023