Biden to head to Michigan to stand with UAW workers on picket line

President Biden travels to Michigan Tuesday to join United Auto Workers union members on the picket line, with the strike now in its second week. 

It's an unusual move for a sitting president to make such a visible intervention for striking workers. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insists they're "not going to get into negotiations," and wouldn't say whether the White House supports UAW workers' current proposal. The Biden administration had said it would send Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and top White House adviser Gene Sperling to help with negotiations, but then decided last week to keep the two in Washington.

Su and Sperling "have been in regular touch for the past several weeks with all parties," Jean-Pierre said.