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The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

United Auto Workers union endorses Joe Biden for president

White man wearing suit and pink tie raises hand with other white man wearing suit and striped tie wearing cap.
Joe Biden stands with Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, in Washington DC, on 24 January 2024. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

The powerful United Auto Workers (UAW) formally endorsed Joe Biden’s re-election campaign on Wednesday at the union’s national community action program conference in Washington DC.

Both the US president and rival Donald Trump have courted the union and supported its successful strike action against the US’s big three automakers last year. Biden became the first president to walk a picket line in support of the union.

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