Biden shows support for unions, touts legislative victories at Wisconsin labor event
President Biden expressed his support for labor unions and boasted about Democratic legislative victories during a Wisconsin labor event just two months ahead of the November midterms. Speaking at Milwaukee's Laborfest event, the president said Labor Day is “a special day to me as well, because the fact of the matter here is I wouldn't be here without unions! Unions. Electricians, iron workers ... teamsters, laborers, bricklayers, transit workers, plumbers and pipefitters, steel workers.” He also said union support that helped propel him to the Senate years ago, saying
Read MoreWatch live: Biden delivers Labor Day speech at Pittsburgh-area union hall
President Biden will make his second stop of Labor Day at the United Steelworkers union hall in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin, Pa. The event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Watch the live video above. Source: TEST FEED1
Read MoreBiden responds to heckler at speech: 'Everybody's entitled to be an idiot'
President Biden responded to a heckler while delivering remarks in Milwaukee on Monday, saying, “Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.” Biden traveled to Wisconsin on Labor Day to deliver a speech at Milwaukee Laborfest, where he spoke about his support for unions and lauded Democratic legislative victories such as last year's coronavirus relief package and a bill to invest in domestic semiconductor manufacturing that he signed into law last month. At one point, someone in the audience could be heard trying to disrupt the speech. “No, no, no, don't — let him go
Read MoreRussia sanctions 25 more Americans, including US officials and actors
Russia on Monday banned 25 more Americans from entering the country, including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, multiple U.S. senators and actors Ben Stiller and Sean Penn. The additions, which brings the total number of Americans banned from entering Russia to 1,073, are in response to U.S. sanctions on Russians following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. In addition to Raimondo, Russia's newest sanctions target multiple senior Commerce Department officials,
Read More2022 is the most promising Labor Day for unions in several decades
This is an unusually promising Labor Day for American unions — maybe the most hopeful for many decades — for several reasons. First, the annual Gallup poll released last week showed a 71 percent public approval rate for unions – the highest level since 1965. The sky-high approval rate is even more remarkable given the organizational weakness of organized labor.
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