Biden applauds tentative Writers Guild labor agreement: ‘Did not come easily’

President Joe Biden celebrated the tentative labor agreement reached by the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over the weekend.

The proposed three-year contract ended a monthslong strike of Hollywood studios by writers and actors. News of a tentative breakthrough first broke late last week.

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“I applaud the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for reaching a tentative agreement that will allow writers to return to the important work of telling the stories of our nation, our world – and of all of us,” Biden, the self-billed “most pro-union” president in history, wrote in a statement Monday morning. “This agreement, including assurances related to artificial intelligence, did not come easily.”

The president is scheduled to picket with United Auto Workers in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday, and he called the Hollywood agreement a “testament to the power of collective bargaining.”

“There simply is no substitute for employers and employees coming together to negotiate in good faith toward an agreement that makes a business stronger and secures the pay, benefits, and dignity that workers deserve,” he continued. “I urge all employers to remember that all workers — including writers, actors, and autoworkers — deserve a fair share of the value their labor helped create.”

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Labor marks a core pillar of the Biden coalition, yet the president still lacks a number of critical union endorsements he carried in 2020, including that of UAW.

“Tuesday, I’ll go to Michigan to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create,” Biden posted ahead of his trip to Detroit. “It’s time for a win-win agreement that keeps American auto manufacturing thriving with well-paid UAW jobs.”