{"id":28758,"date":"2023-09-27T13:12:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=28758"},"modified":"2023-09-27T13:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:12:20","slug":"in-historic-first-biden-walks-picket-line-with-striking-uaw-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/in-historic-first-biden-walks-picket-line-with-striking-uaw-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"In Historic First, Biden Walks Picket Line With Striking UAW Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Joe Biden addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan on September 26, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Jim Watson\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You deserve what you’ve earned, and you’ve earned a hell of a lot more than you’re getting paid now,” President Joe Biden told Michigan autoworkers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sep 26, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden on Tuesday became the first sitting U.S. president to join striking workers on a picket line, rallying with United Auto Workers members outside of a General Motors plant in Belleville, Michigan as they fight for a fair contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You saved the automobile industry back in 2008,” Biden said in brief remarks to the Michigan workers. “You made a lot of sacrifices, you gave up a lot, and the companies were in trouble. But now they’re doing incredibly well. You should be doing incredibly well, too.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Wall Street didn’t build the country, the middle class built the country,” the president said. “And unions built the middle class. So 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.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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