It's the Brian Lera Show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

Hope you had a great Labor Day weekend if you were off.

Maybe today you're back at work or back at school.

So you're probably not listening right now

but at some jobs you can and hello to those of you who are finally off today after working all

weekend in the restaurant or the hotel for all those labor day vacationers and striking hotel

workers we see you and we'll talk about your issues during this Labor Day week.

This being the Tuesday after Labor Day, it also means it's exactly nine weeks until Election Day.

But it's really much closer than that. If I'm reading my early voting list correctly,

early voting begins in less than two weeks in Pennsylvania, the first state to go to the polls.

And important that it is Pennsylvania of all places, the state considered the ultimate battleground

in the presidential election. There's almost no path to victory without Pennsylvania. So it's

no surprise that there is so much action there right now. For example, President Biden appeared in Pittsburgh yesterday for Labor Day in support of the Harris

campaign.

I believe in American steel companies.

American owned and operated steel companies.

A simple reason. It's not hyperbole. American civil workers are the best steel workers in the world.

And I made it clear.

Last time it was in Pittsburgh, United States steel, an iconic American company for more

than a century is going to remain an American

company.

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