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Former president will address 500 workers in key election state in attempt to upstage Biden’s appeal to autoworkers on Tuesday

Workers’ strike has turned into political scrap ahead of 2024 election

Police say about five people were struck by a vehicle while picketing in the United Auto Workers strike outside a Flint-area General Motors plant and suffered minor injuries

Protesters have faced epidemic of vehicle attacks in recent years

Trump’s outreach to unions vexes the anti-labour right

President becomes first sitting U.S. leader to support striking workers; Trump to visit picket line next

Republicans have become more and more anti-union over the course of the last seven decades

President Joe Biden grabbed a bullhorn on the picket line Tuesday and urged striking auto workers to “stick with it” in an unparalleled show of support for organised labor by a modern president.

The president’s appearance on the picket line, a first for a sitting president, was the most significant demonstration of his pro-union bona fides, a record that includes vocal support for unionization efforts at Amazon.com facilities and executive actions that promoted worker organizing.