The Biden marketing campaign mentioned Friday it secured 2024 endorsements from the AFL-CIO and 17 different unions, hoping to shore up President Biden as a champion of organized labor earlier than a political speech Saturday at a union corridor in Philadelphia.

Campaign officers mentioned the AFL-CIO, which represents 60 unions and 12.5 million staff, is making its earliest endorsement of any presidential marketing campaign cycle.

“President Biden has been an unwavering champion of the labor movement his entire career, and today, AFL-CIO and 17 unions across the country endorsed him and Vice President [Kamala] Harris in an unprecedented show of solidarity and strength for our campaign,” Biden marketing campaign supervisor Julie Chavez Rodriguez mentioned.

Mr. Biden incessantly touts his blue-collar bona fides as a son of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is a vocal supporter of unions.

“Joe Biden ran for president four years ago because he knows the way to grow the economy is to grow the middle class, and that starts with strong unions and labor representation,” Ms. Chavez mentioned.

Mr. Biden faces stiff competitors from the GOP frontrunner —  former President Donald Trump — who made important inroads with blue-collar America by specializing in commerce imbalances and the affect of unlawful immigration.

Mr. Biden is predicted to marketing campaign on his pledge to guard staff who need to arrange within the office, whether or not it's in espresso retailers or schools and the manufacturing sector. His marketing campaign says the pivot to inexperienced vitality can be an opportunity for organized labor to flex its muscle and supply dependable jobs.

During his weekend speech, Mr. Biden is more likely to spotlight his legislative wins such because the bipartisan infrastructure invoice that supplied billions of {dollars} to improve roads and bridges and construct new transportation initiatives.

The president is “rebuilding America, brick by brick, through good jobs and opportunity for all,” AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond mentioned Friday. “That’s the future we want for our kids and that’s why the labor movement is going all-in to deliver another four years to President Biden.”

Mr. Biden additionally secured endorsements from AFSCME, a union for state, county and municipal staff; the UNITE HERE Culinary Union; and Electrical Workers (IBEW) International, amongst others.

Content Source: www.washingtontimes.com