Tired of trickle-down economics': Biden calls for expansion of unions in Labor Day speech [View all]
Joe Biden used a Labor Day speech in the battleground state of Wisconsin to endorse the expansion of unions, reiterating his election promises to be the “most pro-union president” in American history.
The US president argued in Milwaukee that a skilled, unionized workforce would help the US regain its place as a world leader in infrastructure and manufacturing.
Drawing on Franklin D Roosevelt’s explicit support for unions during the New Deal, Biden said: “I am encouraging unions … we need key worker protections to build an economy from the bottom up and middle out. I am sick and tired of trickle-down economics.”
Biden’s comments come amid a major resurgence for the labor movement in the US, with more support for unions than at any time in the past 60 years, especially as low-paid workers across a range of industries try unionizing.
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