The UAW remains to be on strike and not using a transparent finish to the paintings stoppage in sight, however employees may get a very powerful best friend subsequent week if President Joe Biden joins them, because the Washington Publish reviews. If that is so, it’d be a significant display of toughen from the present management to the 13,000 employees these days on strike.

Previous this week, the UAW and union president Shawn Fain expressed their eagerness to welcome President Joe Biden along employees. However their hopes had been reportedly dashed after the Biden management mentioned it might best be sending two aides. UAW management shot again, telling the “management to both sign up for the wood line or no longer come in any respect.” And it sort of feels that their want will have been granted. According to the Washington Publish:

President Biden will talk Tuesday in Michigan to toughen the UAW, in step with two folks acquainted with his plans, who spoke at the situation of anonymity to speak about a discuss with that hasn’t been introduced but. Union leaders invited him previous Friday to enroll in the wood line.

Fain additionally publicly invited everybody, “the entire approach as much as the president of the USA,” to return to the wood line throughout the Fb Reside tournament. Michigan Democrats and different Biden allies have been pressuring him to enroll in the strikers.

Newshounds with the WaPo took to Twitter, or X in case you desire, to unfold the inside track of President Biden’s imaginable discuss with to the wood line, even if any such discuss with has no longer been formally showed:

However, as reporter Jeff Stein implied in his tweet, if President Biden had been to enroll in the employees on strike, it might be a vital pro-union show that contrasts with the management’s toughen (or lack thereof) for railroad employees overdue final 12 months.

As of now, the employees are in the hunt for a “36 p.c salary building up over 4 years, progressed retirement advantages, extra paid time without work and different advantages.” And the American automakers have countered with raises of about 20 p.c over 4 years. Whether or not or no longer President Joe Biden’s presence will persuade the Giant 3 to comply with the UAW’s requests is still observed. In addition to whether or not President Biden will sign up for the employees in any respect.