First lady delivers address to hundreds of labor leaders at outdoor event by McCormick Place.
First lady Jill Biden, center, greets people after giving a speech at a Labor Day reception organized by the Chicago Federation of Labor at McCormick Place in Chicago, Aug. 30, 2023.
“My name is Jill Biden. I’m the first lady of the United States. And I’m a proud card-carrying union member,” the first lady, a community college teacher, said during a six-minute address to hundreds of labor leaders attending an outdoor reception overlooking Lake Michigan at McCormick Place.“Unions are at the center of Joe’s need to build our economy from the bottom up and the middle out,” she said, using President Joe Biden’s description of his “Bidenomics” theory.
Bob Reiter, head of the Chicago Federation of Labor, which hosted the event, reminded the guests of Biden’s vow to be the most “pro-union” president in the nation’s history. “President Biden and I understand the middle class because we are from the middle class and unions built the middle class,” she said. “That is why Joey is fighting for unions: so that workers can fight for what they need — better pay, safer working conditions, flexibility and health care.”
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