President Joe Biden joined striking workers Tuesday in Michigan just days after United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain publicly challenged him to do so. The appearance — and one planned a day later by former President Donald Trump — come as each candidate scraps for union members’ support in 2024.
Biden addressed workers through a megaphone outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, one location of 38 where workers are striking in response to stalled contract negotiations with the Big Three automakers — GM, Ford and Stellantis.
“The unions built the middle class. That’s a fact,” Biden told them. “Let’s keep going, you deserve what you’ve earned. And you’ve earned a hell of a lot more than you’re getting paid now.”
