President Joe Biden's decision to stand alongside United Auto Workers pickets on Tuesday on the 12th day of their strike
against major carmakers underscores an allegiance to labor unions that appears to be unparalleled in presidential history.
But sitting presidents, who have to balance the rights of workers with disruptions to the economy, supply chains and other facets of everyday life, have long wanted to stay out of the strike fray - until Biden. During the ongoing UAW strike, Biden has argued that the auto companies have not yet gone far enough to satisfy the union, although White House officials have repeatedly declined to say whether the president endorses specific UAW demands such as a 40% hike in wages and full-time pay for a 32-hour work week.
Instead of participating in the second Republican primary debate on Wednesday, Trump will head to Michigan to meet with striking autoworkers, seeking to capitalize on discontent over the state of the economy and anger over the Biden administration's push for more electric vehicles - a key component of its clean-energy agenda.
"He is pro-UAW, he is pro-workers, that is this president," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. "He stands by union workers, and he is going to stand with the men and women of the UAW."
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