Newsweek | “The Symbolism is Huge” – Joseph McCartin on Pres. Biden’s Visit to the UAW Picket

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“For a president to go to a picket line is as strong a stand as you can make” – The KI’s Executive Director Joseph McCartin. Read more on Newsweek


Joseph A. McCartin is a historian of the U.S. labor movement and 20th century U.S. social and political history. He is a Professor of History at Georgetown University, where he has taught since 1999, and served as the founding Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor, since 2009.  His research focuses on the intersection of labor organization, politics, and public policy.