Biden says 'I am a union man,' at first 2020 campaign event

Biden told Teamsters members who attended his first event as a 2020 contender that restoring a vibrant middle class would be the theme of his campaign. Period," Biden told the packed union hall. "The country wasn't built by Wall Street bankers, CEOs and hedge fund managers, it was built by you." Among those who introduced Biden was Harold Schaitberger, the president of the International Association of Firefighters, a 300,000-member union that endorsed him ahead of the Pittsburgh event.