Biden meets labor organizers from Starbucks, Minor League Baseball By Reuters

By Nandita Bose

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders met with younger labor organizers from Starbucks (NASDAQ:) and Minor League Baseball amongst others on the White Home on Monday as a rising variety of employee strikes grip the nation.

After a long time of declining union membership, organized labor is witnessing a resurgence within the U.S., as sky-high prices of dwelling, housing shortages and technological disruptions have bred uncommon ranges of solidarity amongst staff in disparate industries, from dockworkers to Hollywood screenwriters.

Workers in search of higher working circumstances and better pay have not too long ago organized unions at firms reminiscent of Starbucks, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:), and Apple (NASDAQ:) whilst companies have develop into extra aggressive in pushing again in opposition to union exercise.

Biden and Senator Sanders, who chairs a committee on labor points, was anticipated to congratulate organizers for the work they’ve achieved and focus on the president’s “perception that employee energy is crucial to rising the economic system from the center out and backside up,” White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned.

In a tweet on Monday night time, Biden mentioned he and Sanders met with younger labor leaders to debate their combat for higher pay and advantages.

“The presence of a union means there may be democracy. And organizing or becoming a member of a union – that is democracy in motion,” Biden tweeted.

Administration officers in Monday’s assembly included Appearing Secretary of Labor Julie Su, White Home Nationwide Financial Council Director Lael Brainard, and White Home Director of Governmental Affairs Tom Perez, the official mentioned. 

Biden, who’s sometimes called probably the most pro-union president in U.S. historical past by labor leaders, had the same assembly with union activists from Amazon and Starbucks on the White Home final yr.