Biden to deliver remarks in honor of labor unions Wednesday

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President Joe Biden greets labour national members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 313 successful New Castle, Del., commemorating Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Posted at 8:59 AM, Sep 08, 2021

and past updated 2021-09-08 09:59:03-04

President Joe Biden connected Wednesday volition present remarks honoring the enactment of labour unions, 2 days aft the U.S. celebrated the Labor Day holiday.

Biden's code comes aft helium spent his archetypal Labor Day arsenic president by providing sandwiches to national workers successful his location authorities of Delaware. There, the Associated Press reported that Biden shook hands and chatted with workers during their break.

Throughout the 2020 statesmanlike run and successful the archetypal months of his administration, Biden has positioned himself arsenic a pro-union president, often calling them the "backbone of America."

The remarks besides travel arsenic helium continues to propulsion Congress to walk a $1 trillion infrastructure bundle and a $3 trillion fund measure — plans that Biden says volition make good-paying jobs for national workers, astir of which tin beryllium had without a assemblage degree. However, Republicans are skeptical and accidental the bill's precocious terms tags could dilatory economical maturation down the road.

Biden volition present his remarks Wednesday astatine the White House astir 11:30 a.m. ET. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh volition besides be Wednesday's event.

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