Senior Biden Officials Stay in Michigan for Auto, Union Talks

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and senior White House adviser Gene Sperling were in Michigan Tuesday to speak with the United Auto Workers union and representatives from the Big Three legacy automakers, a move by the Biden administration to ramp up communication with the parties amid a historic strike.

The two officials accompanied President Joe Biden on Air Force One to the Detroit area, where the president visited a picket line to show solidarity with striking workers. Su and Sperling remained behind in order to aid the negotiating process and are not intervening in the talks, according to a Labor ...