Biden’s labor report card: Historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR

By Erik Loomis, Professor of History, University of Rhode Island

Joe Biden has pledged repeatedly to go further than any of his predecessors with his support for U.S. labor rights.

“I intend to be the most pro-union president leading the most pro-union administration in American history,” Biden said at a White House meeting in September 2021 that brought together ordinary workers, labor leaders and government officials.

He has expressed this intention many times, sometimes clarifying…

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