President Joe Biden has told a crowd gathered in Philadelphia for a Labor Day parade he’s “celebrating jobs, good-paying jobs, jobs you can raise a family on, union jobs.”
President Joe Biden speaks during a Labor Day event at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 19, in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden, who often says he’s the most pro-union president in history, touted the importance of unions and applauded American workers in building the economy during a Labor Day appearance in Philadelphia on Monday.
Labor Day, a holiday honoring workers, comes this year against the backdrop of increasingly emboldened U.S. unions of all kinds and a potential strike by 146,000 United Auto Workers union members. But it also comes as the U.S. has added jobs and more people have begun looking for work, the most since January, news Biden is eager to highlight as he seeks reelection in 2024.
The president frequently talked about the importance of middle-class workers in the economy, saying that when the middle class does well, “everyone does well.” “Unions raise standards across the workforce and industries, pushing up wages and strengthening benefits for everyone,” Biden said last week. “You’ve heard me say many times: Wall Street didn’t build America. The middle class built America, and unions built the middle class.”
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