Trump will participate in a roundtable with the Teamster's executive board as he targets the blue-collar workers who fueled his 2016 victory.
Union voters tend to vote Democratic, with 56% of members and households backing Biden in 2020, according to AP VoteCast. And Biden has already received significant organized labor backing with early endorsements from the AFL-CIO and others. Trump is hoping to cut into ...
Trump invited him to speak, he said. "President Trump had the backbone to open the doors to this Republican Convention, and that's unprecedented," he said. "No other nominee in the race would have invited the Teamsters into this arena." At the end of the day, O'Brien said, the ...
“Unfortunately, neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before Big Business,” Teamsters president Sean M. O’Brien said in a statement. “We sought commitments from both Trump and Harris not to interfere...
Amazon and other major consumer brands are still fighting for their first contracts. Amazon refuses to recognize the organizing efforts of its drivers and warehouse workers, many of whom voted to unionize, even though the powerful truckers union says it represents them. Starbucks had long opposed ...
Teamsters vs Teamsters!: With Styxhexenhammer666. Internal conflict within the Teamsters Union over their decision not to endorse a presidential candidate in 2024 highlights the division between union leadership's preference for Kamala and the majority o
House passes bill to boost presidential candidate security after apparent Trump assassination attempt Harris enjoys broad support from other union groups including the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor group, the Service Employees International Union and the Culinary Workers Union. These...
FILE - President Joe Biden, center left, talks with Teamsters union President Sean O’Brien, facing, after he spoke about strengthening the supply chain with improvements in the trucking industry, April 4, 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. The head of the Teamsters ...
In January, O'Brien said the union had had a "matter-of-fact" meeting with Trump two weeks before the Iowa caucus, and that the union put their "cards on the table." "He claimed he was, you know, 100%, supportive of unions, but historically, obviously, take a loo...
In an interview Tuesday with CNN’s Dana Bash, O’Brien said there was “no doubt” that Trump “has made some decisions that are not favorable with labor, not favorable with me.” But, he said, the union has also “historically given money to Democratic candidates, whether it’s...