President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday and walk the picket line with members of the United Auto Workers union, he announced Friday, a trip that comes after the president faced political pressure to ramp up his public support for the union members.
He needs to address the fact that all the green energy stimulus going to EVs has gone to non-union plants and rectify the situation immediately. That has been a huge blow to UAW.
Rank and file stand on a picket line because withholding their labor is their political power. Biden has power to put forth policy to improve working people’s lives, standing on a picket line without action is just a photo op.
I think the photo op is still important given he is campaigning, and his likely opponent is gonna be Trump again. The more he can show face at these things, the better.
I agree with your first statement, though.
Democrats placating political energy instead of fostering it is what led to Trump in the first place. More of the same does nothing to diminish that threat.