LOCAL NEWS: Biden and Harris Celebrate Workers, Slam Extreme GOP on Labor Day
September 6, 2022
Yesterday, President Biden and Vice President Harris gathered with union members, leaders, and workers in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts to celebrate Labor Day and the importance of unions, doubling down on Democrats’ commitment to putting workers and their families first. At the same time, they called out Republicans for pushing an extreme agenda that puts special interests ahead of workers and the middle class.
Here’s a look at what voters across Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts are reading this morning about the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to workers:
In Wisconsin:
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: President Biden celebrates union gains during speech at Milwaukee’s Laborfest, continues broadside against ‘MAGA Republicans’
- UpNorthNews: Wisconsin Union Leader Sees Biden’s Labor Day Visit to Milwaukee as Part of the Bridge Being Built to Future Jobs
- CBS 58: Union members praise Biden’s appearance at Laborfest
- FOX 6: President Biden Milwaukee Labor Day speech
- Spectrum News Wisconsin: President Biden celebrates Labor Day in Wisconsin
In Pennsylvania:
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: President Biden emphasizes union support at United Steelworkers Labor Day event in West Mifflin
- CBS Pittsburgh: Labor Day 2022: President Biden delivers speech at union hall during Pittsburgh visit
- 11 News: President Joe Biden visiting Steelworkers Union Hall in Allegheny County on Labor Day
- TribLive: Biden talks about importance of labor unions, democracy in Labor Day speech in West Mifflin
- Action News 4: President Biden delivers Labor Day speech in West Mifflin; blasts ‘extreme’ GOP
In Massachusetts:
- Boston Globe: ‘The most pro-union administration in America’s history’: Kamala Harris touts White House support of workers at Labor Day breakfast in Boston
- Boston Herald: Kamala Harris stops in Boston for Labor Day breakfast: ‘We know when we fight we win’
- WCVB: ‘When unions are strong, America is strong’: Vice President Kamala Harris meets with labor leaders in Boston
- Western Mass News: Vice President Kamala Harris visits Boston Labor Day
- WGBH: Kamala Harris tells Boston crowd she and Biden will lead ‘pro-union administration’
- WHDH: Vice President Kamala Harris to Mass. union members: ‘We need you’