Former president, presidential candidate Joe Biden visits the UAW audience in KCK

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Standing in bed on a truck, former Vice President and current presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke to a large crowd full of United Auto Worker members outside the General Motors Fairfax facility in Kansas City, Kansas.

The union members have been on strike

for almost a week,

citing a need for higher pay and better profit sharing.

"What you're doing here, you're making a hell of a victim, you're giving a victim a strike because these guys now, they're fine," Biden told the crowd. [1[ads1]9659002] When he made his comments, Biden narrowed GM as he was part of the administration that helped the car maker when they suffered.

"I knew that the reason why General Motors was in trouble was not because of the UAW, it was because of poor management decisions they made," Biden said.

While the union has seen its share of political visits, Bids are by far the most popular, as UAW members took selfies with the candidate.

"It's important, it's huge," said Clarence Brown, president of UAW Local 31.

As the strike approaches a week, there are no signs of slowing down.

"Right now we're moving forward in front of the steam," Brown added.

Until there is an agreement, UAW members will be out at the entrances to the GM plant working six hour shifts for 24 hours a day.