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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday announced it will not formally endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, ending months of speculation about whether the labor union would back Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris. The union's General Executive Board said in a statement that its member polling showed no majority support for Harris, and no universal support for Trump.

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Trump wins.

Trump gets laws passed destroying unions, worker pay and worker protections.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters: "How could this happen?!"

#1 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-09-18 04:35 PM | Reply

-Trump gets laws passed destroying unions, worker pay and worker protections.

seriously....why do so many union members vote for republicans like Trump?

What is it union members don't get?

or....what is it WE don't get?

#2 | Posted by eberly at 2024-09-18 04:59 PM | Reply

The teamsters president O'Brien is a Trump shill. He won't get re-elected.
My old local is supporting Harris/Walz and is pissed at O'Brien.

#3 | Posted by a_monson at 2024-09-19 08:05 PM | Reply

@#3 ... The teamsters president O'Brien is a Trump shill. ...

Maybe, maybe not.

But there seems to be this occurring...

Teamsters Won't Endorse a Candidate, So Local Unions Back Harris
www.rollingstone.com

... "As Vice President of the most pro-union administration ever, Kamala Harris worked with the Teamsters and other union workers to pass the historic Butch Lewis Act which has saved the pensions of over a million retirees to date," said Bill Carroll, President of Teamsters Joint Council 39 in Wisconsin. "This November we will work with millions of union workers across the country to defeat Donald Trump once again."

Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, also received an endorsement from Michigan's Joint Council 43, which wrote: "Both Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz have consistently demonstrated their dedication to championing the labor movement, safeguarding social security, and ensuring access to qualify healthcare for All Americans, including women's reproductive rights." ...



#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 08:42 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Local Teamsters unions in swing states rush to endorse Harris
Teamsters regional councils - representing hundreds of thousands of members and retirees - in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and western Pennsylvania - endorsed Harris

As of Thursday, at least eight regional councils, covering active Teamsters members in some 14 states, as well as 10 union locals, had endorsed Harris. The regional councils alone represent more than 500,000 Teamsters members.

No regional or local Teamsters organizations have endorsed Trump.

www.washingtonpost.com

#5 | Posted by censored at 2024-09-20 08:56 AM | Reply

According to polling Teamster members prefer Trump over Harris almost 2-1.

#6 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-09-20 02:14 PM | Reply

So why don't they endorse him?

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-09-20 02:15 PM | Reply

So why don't they endorse him?

#7 | Posted by REDIA

because the leadership are cowards.

and I've got a 100 bucks says there's money ...big money....at stake down the road.

#8 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-09-20 02:58 PM | Reply

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