Manufacturing

Biden visits UAW picket line at GM operation in historic first for a U.S. president

Fain and Biden
President Joe Biden speaks next to UAW President Shawn Fain as he joins the picket line outside GM's Willow Run Redistribution Center in Belleville, Mich. (REUTERS\/Evelyn Hockstein)
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September 26, 2023 04:38 PM

Joe Biden on Tuesday became the first sitting U.S. president in modern history to join a picket line, standing with striking workers at a General Motors parts depot in an extraordinary show of support for the UAW on the 12th day of its strike against the Detroit 3.

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