Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated Labor Day and the Biden "administration's commitment to working families with labor leaders and advocates" in the city Monday.
Harris attended the annual Greater Boston Labor Council Breakfast at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on Monday morning before convening with workers in Boston for keynote remarks.
"I learned that when people stand together in solidarity, at a protest or picket line, it makes a difference," Harris said in her remarks. "And it is powerful. That knowledge has guided my entire career and it guides our administration."
A week after her trip to the Hub, President Joe Biden will come to town. The Monday, Sept. 12, trip, will let the president "discuss the unprecedented investments in his Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that are building a better America," according to an announcement.
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Harris said that the Biden Administration has been the most pro-union administration in America's history.
"When unions are strong, America is strong," she said.
Harris, who works with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on a labor taskforce, said that the former Boston mayor apologized for being unable to make it home for the event.
"You are powerful," Harris said. "We are powerful together. There's so much about the concept of solidarity that's about understanding the importance of standing shoulder to shoulder, recognizing the power of the many, to speak with a clear and unified voice around some of the biggest issues of the moment."
Also on Monday, former President Donald Trump is scheduled to join a "tele-rally" for Geoff Diehl, a Republican candidate for governor of Massachusetts.
Harris was just in Boston, holding a roundtable with Gov. Charlie Baker, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and others to discuss the significance of a woman's right to make decisions about her reproductive health after the Supreme Court struck down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
