Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is vowing to bring unprecedented improvements to the United States labor force if he is elected president in November.
On Monday, Biden participated in a virtual event with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka where he voiced his concerns about the obstacles American workers are facing.
“There used to be a basic bargain in this country: workers shared in the wealth their work helped create,” Biden said.
With all that has transpired over the last several months with the coronavirus pandemic, Biden noted that “we literally couldn’t survive” without the hard work and dedication of front-line workers as he stressed the importance of valuing American workers.
Biden also expressed support for union workers as he promised to be the “strongest labor president” the United States has ever had.
“If I have the honor of becoming your president, I’m going to be the strongest labor president you have ever had,” the former vice president said.
He added that union workers “live by a code, an American code, it sounds corny but it’s real. Honor, duty, country, something bigger than yourself.”
See Biden’s remarks below:
Biden also slammed President Donald Trump as he referenced the highly publicized report about the president’s alleged disrespect of America’s military and war dead.
“Calling those who have served, risked their lives, even gave their lives for our nation, ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’… these are heroes,” Biden said.
He added, “My Beau wasn’t a loser or a sucker.
Although Biden apologized for his temper over Trump’s alleged lack of regard for servicemen and women, he made it clear that disparaging remarks about military workers are unacceptable.
Biden said, “No president has ever talked about our servicemen and women in that way. I’m sorry if I’m coming close to losing my temper, but the simple truth is, if that’s how you talk about our veterans, you have no business being president of the United States of America, period.”