Biden: Unions Created America’s Middle Class

The AFL-CIO continued its series of appearances by presidential contenders yesterday with Sen. Joe Biden's speech to a packed Plumbers and Pipe Fitters hall in Florida. AFL-CIO blog:

In his opening remarks, Biden went after the Bush administration’s appalling record on workers’ rights.

This president didn’t just declare war on Iraq, he declared war on the union movement in this country…for this (administration), labor reform means get out of the way.

Biden went on to praise the union movement as “the only thing that keeps the barbarians at the gate.”

“There is a middle class in this country for one reason and only one reason: the union movement,” Biden said to roaring applause.