President Joe Biden coming to Illinois, saying UAW agreement validates economic strategy

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Belvidere in Northern Illinois on Thursday, celebrating the United Auto Workers’ contract agreement with Stellantis that includes the company’s vow to invest millions of dollars and reopen its manufacturing plant in the northern Illinois town for electric vehicles and creating an EV battery assembly.

Underscoring the strike-ending UAW agreement, Biden’s visit is an effort to show his post-COVID economic strategy dubbed “Bidenomics” is working.