Biden says UAW should fight for 40% pay raise in Michigan strike visit
President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan, supporting their call for a 40% pay raise and saying they deserve a "lot more" than they are getting.
Biden's appearance, the first visit by a U.S. president to striking workers in modern history, comes a day before Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for president, will speak to auto workers in Michigan. The rare back-to-back events highlight the importance of union support in the 2024 presidential election, even though unions represent a tiny fraction of U.S. workers.
Democrat Biden traveled to a Belleville, Michigan, parts distribution center owned by General Motors (GM.N), and joined dozens of picketers outside. "Companies were in trouble, now they're doing incredibly well. And guess what? You should be doing incredibly well, too," Biden said through a bullhorn. "Stick with it."
Just going to ignore how Biden has asked Congress to legislate a higher minimum wage and issues an executive order requiring a higher minimum wage for Federal contractors?
The Democrats have only controlled Congress and the presidency at the same time for about 4 months in the past 4 decades, beginning in September 2009. Before then... idk it would have been before Reagan. When was the last time the minimum wage increased? 2009.
"Both sides are the same" is a Republican talking point.
Can't be said enough.
Find someone telling you how both sides suck, and then look what it's in reply to. It's always, ALWAYS to deflect from Republican shortcomings or to deflect from positive news about Democrats.
A-L-W-A-Y-S.
That's not true. Biden took away railroad worker's right to strike. He is only pretending to support the UAW strike.