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BumRushDaShow

(162,003 posts)
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 08:09 PM Aug 2024

Teamsters' Black caucus defies leadership with Harris endorsement

Source: Politico

08/13/2024 06:50 PM EDT


Vice President Kamala Harris has won the endorsement of the National Black Caucus of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — even as the larger union withholds its endorsement. Caucus members voted unanimously Tuesday to endorse Harris at a conference in Las Vegas. Publicly backing Harris risks pushback in a union with a history of retaliation.

The caucus, known as TNBC, praised Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for their “unwavering commitment to workers and their families” in a statement released after the vote. “Their records reflect a deep dedication to advancing labor rights and supporting working-class Americans,” it said. Labor organizations rushed to support Harris after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race. But the Teamsters have been a notable hold out.

President Sean O’Brien said the union plans to endorse a presidential candidate after both conventions and has invited all the candidates to sit for interviews. Harris, who was invited last month when she became the presidential candidate, has not yet had her interview.

TNBC Chair James Curbeam said in the statement that the caucus based its decision on former President Donald Trump’s actions over both his career in politics and business. “When people show you who they are, believe them and Trump showed us for 40 years who he really is: someone who is not for us,” Curbeam said. “Endorsing a candidate with his history would be a betrayal of the values that we have fought to uphold.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/13/teamsters-black-caucus-harris-endorsement-00173911

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Teamsters' Black caucus defies leadership with Harris endorsement (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 OP
I love it! Joinfortmill Aug 2024 #1
O'Brien is a fool for even speaking at the R. convention, it's a safe bet that the majority MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2024 #2
I wouldn't make that bet if I were you Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #11
Well, we'll be finding out soon enough, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2024 #12
O'Brien is an a**hole. The Teamsters VP, John Palmer, is planning on running against him and hopefully skylucy Aug 2024 #3
The Teamsters has its share of bad apples wolfie001 Aug 2024 #16
Where's the Black Teamsters in this picture? 👆 Roy Rolling Aug 2024 #18
Exactly! The white members (some, not all) are the ones supporting donald dump wolfie001 Aug 2024 #19
Cool now do TDU ColinC Aug 2024 #4
Wow. Great statement. Demobrat Aug 2024 #5
Honestly... krkaufman Aug 2024 #6
Have to question why the Teamsters have not endorsed anyone LiberalFighter Aug 2024 #7
The Teamsters don't endorse until after the conventions are finished rpannier Aug 2024 #9
Why any union would endorse any republican barbtries Aug 2024 #8
"Why any union would endorse any republican makes me shake my head." BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #10
Hmm, wonder why? Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #13
Well after his fiasco BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #14
O'Bien needs to be replaced. He can wait in purgatory for the Democratic invitation. Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #15
👍👍👍 BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #17

MarineCombatEngineer

(16,233 posts)
2. O'Brien is a fool for even speaking at the R. convention, it's a safe bet that the majority
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 08:17 PM
Aug 2024

of rank and file Teamsters support the Harris/Walz ticket and will vote accordingly despite who the union endorses.

 

Zoomie1986

(1,213 posts)
11. I wouldn't make that bet if I were you
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 09:31 AM
Aug 2024

I've worked in union shops, and every single one of them had the leadership supporting a Democratic candidate while 1/3 or more of the workers supported the anti-American candidate.

Confusing union leadership with the workers is a mistake Democrats often make. Unions aren't the Borg. They don't have the same hive mind. Also remember this: union members have a long and ugly history of being racist and anti-immigrant. The unions themselves aren't that way, but I can assure you that their members can be...and often are.

More importantly, the leadership doesn't cast the votes of their members; the workers do. Forgetting that has hurt Democrats over and over again.

MarineCombatEngineer

(16,233 posts)
12. Well, we'll be finding out soon enough,
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 09:40 AM
Aug 2024

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised this year, no other presidential candidate in modern history has been this open about being a racist woman hating Hitler type tyrant or as bat shit crazy as Been A Dick Donald, and with Vance and the MAGAts' constantly trying to swift boat Gov. Walz's military service, it's a good bet that the vets in these Unions are going to overwhelmingly vote for the Harris/Walz ticket.
I may be wrong, I don't think so, but if I am wrong come Nov., I'll personally admit I was wrong right here on this board.

Fair enough?

skylucy

(3,991 posts)
3. O'Brien is an a**hole. The Teamsters VP, John Palmer, is planning on running against him and hopefully
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 08:40 PM
Aug 2024

take over as the Teamsters President. Good for the Teamsters Black Caucus!

wolfie001

(6,325 posts)
16. The Teamsters has its share of bad apples
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 10:50 AM
Aug 2024

Racists and "I got mine" attitudes. I saw it in my Union store as a UFCW worker. Some stupid, some lazy and some racist. Most of the rest of us were cool.

Remember this? Downtown Manhattan and some of these workers were at the World Trade Center construction site. Got ya freeper! 👍

Roy Rolling

(7,330 posts)
18. Where's the Black Teamsters in this picture? 👆
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 01:50 PM
Aug 2024

Last edited Wed Aug 14, 2024, 03:23 PM - Edit history (1)

Like Trumpsters, Teamster leaders are always looking for the camera to act out.

wolfie001

(6,325 posts)
19. Exactly! The white members (some, not all) are the ones supporting donald dump
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 06:28 PM
Aug 2024

They should be behind Kamala 100%. That's what my post was meant to express.

Demobrat

(10,223 posts)
5. Wow. Great statement.
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 09:10 PM
Aug 2024

Endorsing a candidate with his history would be a betrayal of the values that we have fought to uphold.

Pretty much speaks for the whole damn country, or should.

krkaufman

(13,957 posts)
6. Honestly...
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 09:45 PM
Aug 2024
“Endorsing a candidate with his history would be a betrayal of the values that we have fought to uphold.”

Honestly, even delaying an endorsement is a betrayal, as though it’s a close call.

LiberalFighter

(53,544 posts)
7. Have to question why the Teamsters have not endorsed anyone
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 10:26 PM
Aug 2024

Seriously doubt Sean O’Brien is being honest.

Trump has demonstrated he doesn't support labor unions or the working people.

While Trump has weakened the power of agencies intended to protect the rights of union members and workers Biden appointed people to help protect them.

rpannier

(24,786 posts)
9. The Teamsters don't endorse until after the conventions are finished
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 01:57 AM
Aug 2024

Probably a holdover from when most organizations waited until after the conventions
Until 1972, there really weren't many primaries
They probably stayed out of it to avoid publicly endorsing the non-winner of the convention

barbtries

(30,853 posts)
8. Why any union would endorse any republican
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 10:51 PM
Aug 2024

makes me shake my head.

let alone the guy who was just on twitter yesterday congratulating megalomaniac Musk for busting a union.

BumRushDaShow

(162,003 posts)
10. "Why any union would endorse any republican makes me shake my head."
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 05:16 AM
Aug 2024

Many of the police unions have in the past (FOP, IUPA, PBA), although in many cases, their memberships and some Locals protested their national's support of GOP loons.

Clouds Passing

(6,224 posts)
13. Hmm, wonder why?
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 10:08 AM
Aug 2024

“O’Brien told NBC 10 Boston that, as of Tuesday, he has not received an invitation to speak from the Democrats.“

Shouldn’t that line say …… invitation to speak at the Democratic Convention?

BumRushDaShow

(162,003 posts)
14. Well after his fiasco
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 10:23 AM
Aug 2024

outlined here of him agreeing "100%" with the cowardly white supremacist loon Josh Heehawley - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143273995




Sean M. O'Brien
@TeamsterSOB
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.@HawleyMO is 100% on point.
compactmag.com
The Promise of Pro-Labor Conservatism
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien’s speech came as something of a shock at the Republican National Convention Monday night.
11:26 AM · Jul 16, 2024


Where in that article, Hawley wrote -

The C-suite long ago sold out the United States, shuttering factories in the homeland and gutting American jobs, while using the profits to push diversity, equity, and inclusion and the religion of the trans flag. Once upon a time, the head of General Motors could say, with an entirely straight face, “What’s good for GM is good for America.” Those days are long over.


with the rest of the crap article here - https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-promise-of-pro-labor-conservatism/

and then the pushback - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143275934




Kim Kelly
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The rogue Teamsters social media manager is a real one, holy shit
Screenshot from the official teamsters twitter criticizing President O’Brien for supporting Hawley’s disgusting bigotry
3:00 AM · Jul 17, 2024




he'll be waiting a LONG LONG time.

Clouds Passing

(6,224 posts)
15. O'Bien needs to be replaced. He can wait in purgatory for the Democratic invitation.
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 10:30 AM
Aug 2024

Thank you for posting this!

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