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It seems like everyone is hitting the picket lines these days. And this past week, for the first time ever, that included a sitting president of the United States.
President Joe Biden’s unprecedented visit to the United Auto Workers picket line on Tuesday only brought more attention to the already high-profile strike by the UAW against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. The picketer-in-chief urged on the strikers in the push for better contracts.
“You guys saved the automobile industry,” he said into a bullhorn on the picket line. “You made a lot of sacrifices. You gave up a lot when the companies were in trouble. Now they’re doing incredibly well. And guess what? You should be doing incredibly well, too.”
Biden’s brief remarks played on the sense of frustratio