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REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — It was the perfect place to welcome the endorsement of the national firefighters union — a gleaming new firehouse in a blue-collar town just outside of Detroit in the key battleground state of Michigan. But by the time Kamala Harris showed up in Redford Township on Friday, there was no endorsement waiting for her. By a slim margin, the International Association of Firefighters declined to back any candidate, a reminder of the Democratic nominee's struggle to lock down the same support from organized labor tha...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden promised cheering unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would block the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel, seeking to use trade policy to win over working-class votes in Pennsylvania, an election-year battleground. Biden said during a visit to the headquarters of the United Steelworkers that U.S. Steel "has been an iconic American company for more than a century and it should remain totally American." "...
