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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden showcased his union support Monday while President Trump touted the rebounding economy, his get-tough policy on China and the rapid development of a coronavirus vaccine as the campaigns sought to woo American workers.<\/p>\n

The competing Labor Day messages came as both campaigns sought to win over blue-collar workers, an increasingly important demographic in the pivotal battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

For Mr. Biden, that meant emphasizing his close ties to the labor movement. He promised to be \u201cthe strongest labor president you\u2019ve ever had\u201d as his campaign trumpeted his \u201cBuild Back America\u201d platform, which would boost union organizing by passing \u201ccard check\u201d legislation, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and reversing the Trump tax cuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been afraid to say the word \u2018union,\u2019 not when I was growing up, not when I grew up, not today, and you can be sure you\u2019ll be hearing that word union plenty of times when I\u2019m in the White House,\u201d Mr. Biden said on a virtual town hall hosted by the AFL-CIO. \u201cThe words of a president matter. Union.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mr. Trump pointed to the economic recovery after the COVID-19 shutdown, noting that 1.4 million jobs were added in August, making it 10.6 million more jobs since May for \u201ca record that\u2019s not even close,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re currently witnessing the fastest labor-market recovery from an economic crisis in history, world history,\u201d Mr. Trump said at a White House press conference. \u201cBy contrast, Biden presided over the weakest and the slowest recovery since the Great Depression.\u201d<\/p>\n

He repeated his belief that a coronavirus vaccine could be available by October and accused his political opponents of \u201cendangering lives\u201d by questioning whether shots approved by his administration would be safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vaccine will be very safe,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cYou could have a very big surprise coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiple vaccine candidates are steeped in phase three trials as Mr. Trump scrambles to stamp out a pandemic that has killed nearly 190,000 people in the U.S. and devastated the economy with shutdowns of major industries.<\/p>\n

Experts say it\u2019s a stretch to think a vaccine would be ready and approved by Election Day \u2014 Nov. 3 \u2014 given the time it takes to enroll 30,000 people in each trial, give them doses and wait to see what kind of immune response it produces and who gets sick or not.<\/p>\n

They say November or December is more likely, though Mr. Trump said Monday: \u201cCould even have it during the month of October.\u201d<\/p>\n

He emphasized the good news about the COVID-19 fatality rate, which has dropped 85% since April. Mr. Biden blasted the Trump administration for its coronavirus response, saying it failed to give adequate support to public workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank every public employee watching for your courage. I mean that sincerely,\u201d said Mr. Biden. \u201cFor the past three months, you\u2019ve fought the daily pandemic without supplies or support from your government. The whole country owes you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden held his virtual meeting with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, while collecting union endorsements from the Laborers\u2019 International Union of North America, the International Union of Elevator Constructors, and the National Federation of Federal Employees.<\/p>\n

He continued to push for the HEROES Act, the $3 trillion relief package that passed the House in May, and called for an end to state right-to-work laws, which prevent workers from being required to join a union or pay its dues as a condition of employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are dying, out of work, afraid for their children, the clock is ticking,\u201d Mr. Biden said. \u201cWe have to give workers the power to make their families whole and make them whole now. People are getting killed figuratively and literally across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n

His running mate, Sen. Kamala D. Harris of California, toured an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training facility in Milwaukee and held a private meeting with the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man shot seven times by a White police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrong unions built the American middle class \u2014 everything from a 40-hour work week to paid leave was because of workers who organized and fought,\u201d Ms. Harris tweeted. \u201cAnd when @JoeBiden and I are in the White House, advancing worker rights will be a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the other end of the state was Vice President Mike Pence, flanked by electrical workers as he spoke to a crowd of about 250 at the Dairyland Power Cooperative in Lacrosse. He called Mr. Trump \u201cthe best friend American workers have ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen this president stands up every day and fights for American workers and jobs, jobs, jobs, we stand with President Donald Trump,\u201d Mr. Pence said.<\/p>\n

At the White House, Mr. Trump raised the possibility of separating the U.S. and Chinese economies, known as decoupling.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when you mention the word decouple, it\u2019s an interesting word,\u201d said Mr. Trump. \u201cWe lose billions of dollars, and if we didn\u2019t do business with them, we wouldn\u2019t lose billions of dollars. It\u2019s called decoupling, so you\u2019ll start thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He took a swing at Mr. Biden\u2019s pledge last month to \u201cshut it down,\u201d referring to the economy, if scientists said it was necessary to control the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiden wants to surrender our country to the virus, he wants to surrender our families to the violent left-wing mob, and he wants to surrender our jobs to China,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cOur jobs and our economic well-being. I\u2019ve taken billions and billions of dollars from China. No other president has done\u201d that by imposing tariffs.<\/p>\n

Ms. Harris suggested Sunday that she would have to think twice before taking the vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s going to be an issue for all of us. I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president dismissed such criticism and accused Democrats of sowing mistrust of vaccines at a critical time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s political rhetoric. That\u2019s all it is,\u201d Mr. Trump said.<\/p>\n

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