US President Joe Biden has backed striking cars workers in Michigan during a visit to their picket line – a first for a sitting US president.
Mr Biden said that the workers “deserve” raises and other concessions they are seeking.
The visit comes a day before his would-be challenger, Donald Trump, is due to arrive.
The visit comes a day before his would-be challenger, Donald Trump, is due to arrive.
In brief remarks to the picketing workers on Tuesday, the Democratic president said that they “deserve the significant raise you need and other benefits”.
He added that the workers should be doing as “incredibly well” as the companies that employ them.
Ahead of the visit, however, some workers sounded less than enthused about the visits.
“We would much rather neither of them showed up,” one worker told the BBC. “We don’t want to divide people and when you bring politics into it, it’s going to cause an argument.”
While US lawmakers – and presidential candidates – frequently appear at strikes to express solidarity with American workers, it is considered unprecedented for a sitting president to do so.
US President Joe Biden has backed striking cars workers in Michigan during a visit to their picket line – a first for a sitting US president.
The visit comes a day before his would-be challenger, Donald Trump, is due to arrive.
Mr Biden said that the workers “deserve” raises and other concessions they are seeking.
In brief remarks to the picketing workers on Tuesday, the Democratic president said that they “deserve the significant raise you need and other benefits”.
The visit comes a day before his would-be challenger, Donald Trump, is due to arrive.
The visit comes a day before his would-be challenger, Donald Trump, is due to arrive.
In brief remarks to the picketing workers on Tuesday, the Democratic president said that they “deserve the significant raise you need and other benefits”.
He added that the workers should be doing as “incredibly well” as the companies that employ them.
Ahead of the visit, however, some workers sounded less than enthused about the visits.
“We would much rather neither of them showed up,” one worker told the BBC. “We don’t want to divide people and when you bring politics into it, it’s going to cause an argument.”
While US lawmakers – and presidential candidates – frequently appear at strikes to express solidarity with American workers, it is considered unprecedented for a sitting president to do so.
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