(WXYZ) — Hours after UAW President Shawn Fain invited all supporters, including the President of the United States, to join them on the picket lines, Joe Biden announced he is coming to Michigan to do just that.
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ABC News and the Washington Post first reported President Biden would travel to Michigan on Tuesday.
Biden himself posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that he would join the picket line.
Tuesday, I’ll go to Michigan to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 22, 2023
It’s time for a win-win agreement that keeps American auto manufacturing thriving with well-paid UAW jobs.
Biden's complete post reads as follows:
Tuesday, I’ll go to Michigan to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create.
It’s time for a win-win agreement that keeps American auto manufacturing thriving with well-paid UAW jobs.
7 Action News will provide complete coverage of the President's trip and will report more details as they become available.
Earlier Friday, Fain called on all parts distribution centers for General Motors and Stellantis to go on strike as a deal had not yet been reached with any of the Big Three automakers.
Those workers officially started picketing at 12 p.m. EDT Friday.
In all, Fain said 38 locations across 20 states in all nine regions of the UAW will go on strike, and the three plants that are already on strike will remain on strike.
Fain said there has been a lot of movement with Ford, and there have been no additional Ford plants called to strike, Fain said.
