I promised you I would be.' Biden needs unions - and Pennsylvania I'm proud to be the most pro-union president in American history. 'There are a lot of politicians in this country who can't say the word 'union,'' Biden said Saturday afternoon, supporters in colorful union merchandise cheering behind him. Hundred of union members from across the country attended the rally. It also runs through Pennsylvania, where the president spoke Saturday at a rally sponsored by the AFL-CIO, the country's largest union federation, which endorsed his reelection bid this week.

The board has sided not just with Starbucks organizers but has also recently declared that both non-disparagement and non-compete clauses are generally illegal.īiden's path to reelection depends in part on touting those achievements and turning out union members in November 2024. His appointments to the NLRB, which adjudicates disputes between companies and workers, have shifted power to workers.

'And because of that, we've been able to mobilize and fight for proposals that could greatly improve our lives.'īiden has largely governed as a friend of labor - its best friend in the years, if not ever, in the eyes of some union supporters. President Joe Biden and his administration have been allies and have given Starbucks workers 'a platform, quite frankly,' Saxton, who is from Augusta, Georgia, said in an interview, noting that organizers have been invited to the White House. He was reinstated months later following a complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board - stacked with new, pro-union appointees since 2021 - with a federal judge ruling that his employer had illegally retaliated against him. PHILADELPHIA - Under another president, Jaysin Saxton might not have a job.Ī shift supervisor at Starbucks, the 32-year-old was fired last year after speaking out about the effort to unionize his workplace. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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