Biden to UAW Workers at Picket Line: You Deserve ‘Significant Raise’

President Joe Biden spoke at a GM facility in Michigan in support of United Auto Workers (UAW) union members.

President Joe Biden addresses a UAW picket line at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Mich., on Sept. 26, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

DETROIT—President Joe Biden told auto workers picketing outside General Motors’ Willow Run Distribution Center in Wayne County, Michigan, that they deserve a “significant raise.”

Speaking through a bullhorn in front of a United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 174 crowd, the president reiterated previous statements that the auto workers “saved the automobile industry back in 2008 and before” and made plenty of sacrifices when the auto companies “were in trouble.”