Contact: Jess Kamm Broomell, 412-562-2444, jkamm@usw.org
PITTSBURGH – United Steelworkers (USW) International President David McCall today issued the following statement after the AFL-CIO executive board unanimously reaffirmed its commitment to reelecting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris:
“President Biden from his first day in office has been an unwavering ally in the fight for workers’ rights, advocating tirelessly for working families rather than corporate interests.
“This includes the American Rescue Plan, which restored retirement security for more than a million workers, including 120,000 USW members, who stood to lose their pensions through no fault of their own.
“The Biden-Harris administration also crucially paired transformative investments with a strong worker-centered trade policy to lay the foundation for the industrial policy our nation has long needed, fostering an environment in which our domestic industries can thrive and the jobs of the future are good, union jobs.
“We need elected officials who share our values, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have proven time and again that they prioritize working Americans. Looking to the future, the choice is clear: we need a second Biden-Harris term.”
The USW represents 850,000 workers in North America employed in many industries that include metals, mining, rubber, chemicals, paper, oil refining, the service, public and health care sectors and higher education. For more information: www.usw.org.
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