Biden, Lula launch workers' rights pact

President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva unveiled a pact on workers’ rights Wednesday, as the pro-union US leader grapples with a major auto employees’ strike at home.

“The two largest democracies in the western hemisphere are standing up for human rights around the world,” Biden said as he met Lula on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.