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Teamsters union declines to endorse in presidential election, breaking decades of precedent

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10mo ago

Teamsters union declines to endorse in presidential election, breaking decades of precedent

www.nbcnews.com /politics/2024-election/teamsters-union-declines-endorse-presidential-election-breaking-decade-rcna171711

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10mo ago

Teamsters union declines to endorse in presidential election, breaking decades of precedent

www.nbcnews.com /politics/2024-election/teamsters-union-declines-endorse-presidential-election-breaking-decade-rcna171711

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Majority of large union supports candidate who has been clearly against unions.
Makes sense.
- “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 General President Sean O’Brien said in a statement.
  He added, “We sought commitments from both [former president Donald] Trump and [Vice President Kamala] Harris not to interfere in critical union campaigns or core Teamsters industries—and to honor our members’ right to strike—but were unable to secure those pledges.”
- If you don't withhold your vote if you don't get the concessions you need, you're not doing democracy right. Candidates are supposed to compete for your interests, not take your vote for granted while getting donations from big business.
  
  Not remotely related to what they said.
Always worth mentioning amid the Teamsters dialogue: Kamala Harris was the Senate's tie-breaking vote on an $86 billion pension rescue that benefited the Teamsters more than any other union.
(via the linked poll data in article)
In the past week, following the Democratic National Convention and recent Presidential debate, the Teamsters commissioned independent polling firm Lake Research Partners to conduct the union’s final national survey. In the poll ending Sept. 15, Teamsters selected Trump by 58 percent for endorsement over 31 percent for Harris.
From April 9-July 3, nearly 300 Teamsters local unions nationwide conducted first-of-their-kind Presidential town halls, soliciting endorsement preferences from members via straw polls. The in-person voting was held prior to Biden’s withdrawal from the race. The Teamsters’ polling data shows members backed Biden 44.3 percent to Trump’s 36.3 percent.
Biden signed a law that ended their strike. Why is Harris polling lower with them? Did she break a tie to get it through the senate?
- She's female. It's probably that simple for many of them sadly.
Harris campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt pointed to local Teamsters chapters that endorsed the vice president.
Suspect these are Dem-heavy areas.
In an email Wednesday, the Trump campaign highlighted the Teamsters polling.
I wonder if this is one of the underlying reasons why leadership at the top of the union declined to endorse.
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