Kamala Harris Helped Save Teamsters' Pensions. She Still Couldn't Get Their Endorsement.

[B.See]

And that's because the head of their union is a bonafied MAGAt.

Kamala Harris Helped Save Teamsters’ Pensions. She Still Couldn’t Get Their Endorsement. - Huffpost
The decision not to endorse has put headquarters at odds with its many local bodies that are supporting the Democratic nominee.

When Vice President Kamala Harris met with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 16, she was hoping to walk away with a major union endorsement. The Democratic nominee offered plenty of reasons why she was better for labor than Donald Trump, but she returned to one issue more than once.

“She reinforced the pension thing over and over,” said John Palmer, a member of the Teamsters’ executive board who was in the meeting.

Many O’Brien critics are angry that the union could look past the pension rescue, to say nothing of Trump’s hostility to unions during his first term. The Teamsters’ Central States pension fund was the biggest plan facing insolvency, with thousands of Teamsters facing benefit cuts so steep it would threaten their retirements.

“The Biden-Harris administration carried out their promise to solve the Teamsters’ pension problems,” Jim Hoffa, the union’s former longtime president who preceded O’Brien, said in an interview. “That alone should be enough to cement a commitment from the IBT.”

Sounds to ME like it's high time to KICK TRAITOR MAGAT O'BRIEN TO THE CURB.

[Think. Again.]

1. It should be made clear that MANY local Teamsters chapters DO ENDORSE Harris, even though O'Brien did not.

[B.See]

4. Yes. This is true.

As I said, they need to dump O'Brien.

[Think. Again.]

6. 👍

[JT45242]

2. The highest leader on the take and not on board with rank and file

The head of the union is corrupt.

Hopefully, the local members see through this bullshit and vote in their best economic interests rather than the racism and hatred factor.

[Wounded Bear]

5. That kind of shit back in the 50's and 60's is what killed support for unions...nt

[marybourg]

3. "during his first term"??

[Xolodno]

7. Not surprised.

Way back in the day, some friends and myself installed CB radio's in our vehicles, was very useful when we went on road trips together. But the right wing talk on some channels, wow. And it was amazing, they would trash non-union companies while complaining about Dem's and praising Repub's who wanted to trash their union. You can't make this stuff up.

[Tree Lady]

8. There are a lot of people who once they get what they

want don't care if others get it.

True for a lot of republicans that have came here as immigrants but vote to not allow hardly any new ones.

[Music Man]

9. Sean O'Brien looking for attention.

Like Joe Manchin realizing he could leverage his position. The act got old.