Video: Joining “Chicago Tonight” to discuss the strike are Dave Sloan, co-president of the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, which represents auto dealers; and Chris Pena, president of the UAW Local 551, which represents Ford Motor Company workers at the Chicago Assembly Plant on the South Side. (Produced by Alexandra Silets)
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers strikers on their picket line Tuesday as their work stoppage against major carmakers hit day 12, a demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history.
“You deserve the significant raise you need,” Biden said through a bullhorn while wearing a union baseball cap after arriving at a General Motors parts distribution warehouse located in a suburb west of Detroit.
He walked along the picket line, exchanging fist bumps with grinning workers.
He encouraged them to continue fighting for better wages despite concerns that a…
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