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WATCH: Biden makes historic visit to UAW picket line, tells union to ‘stick with it’
Politics Sep 26, 2023 1:48 PM EST
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers strikers on their picket line Tuesday as their work stoppage against major carmakers hit day 12, a demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history.
Watch the event in the player above.
“You deserve the significant raise you need,” Biden said through a bullhorn while wearing a union baseball cap after arriving at a General Motors parts distribution warehouse located in a suburb west of Detroit.
He walked along the picket line, exchanging fist bumps with grinning workers.
He encouraged them to continue fighting for better wages despite concerns that a prolonged strike could damage the economy, saying “stick with it.”
He said “yes” when asked if UAW members deserved a 40 percent raise, one of the demands that the union has made.
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