After forcing rail deal, Biden works to smooth over labor relations

12/4/22
 
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from The Washington Post,
12/3/22:

The self-proclaimed ‘most pro-labor president’ stopped by a union phone bank on Friday after pushing through a union contract to protect the economy

Hours after signing a bill into law to avert a national rail shutdown by forcing a deal on labor unions, President Biden dropped by a campaign stop, where electrical union workers made calls to Georgia voters on Friday.

The president was greeted by a standing ovation as he walked into a union hall where members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 were calling voters on behalf of Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.), underscoring Biden’s tight ties with labor unions.

“I wouldn’t be standing here without the IBEW,” Biden said, adding that labor could also be pivotal in the Georgia race. “That’s not hyperbole.”

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