The leadership knows Biden and Harris are very friendly to organized labor and Trump is not...but come ok guys. The Teamster membership is very conservative and mostly white men with only a high school diploma. The leadership ultimately decided it was better off not to piss the large majority of it's membership off, and it sounds like Harris knew this and more or less gave open approval for this tactic of neutrality in her meeting earlier in the week.
She opened their meeting saying she wants their endorsement but that she will treat them with the same respect and fairness regardless of whether she gets it or not.
Of course she will. I don't think that amounts to approval for their non-endorsement, though I could be wrong. But really, would anyone expect her to screw the teamsters because too many of them are politically idiotic or racist?
Individual groupings of states Council's are endorsing Harris;for instance, the Council consisting of Iowa,North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Michigan have formally done so(I imagine there are others)
The Teamsters will NOT endorse either Presidential candidate this year. The Teamsters have previously endorsed Democratic candidates for President.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/18/teamsters-no-endorsement-harris-trump-presidential-election.html
I've never understood what their angle was with this monthslong game of courtship.
The leadership knows Biden and Harris are very friendly to organized labor and Trump is not...but come ok guys. The Teamster membership is very conservative and mostly white men with only a high school diploma. The leadership ultimately decided it was better off not to piss the large majority of it's membership off, and it sounds like Harris knew this and more or less gave open approval for this tactic of neutrality in her meeting earlier in the week.
Can you quote her to that effect? Anyway, I'm definitely glad they weren't invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention.
She opened their meeting saying she wants their endorsement but that she will treat them with the same respect and fairness regardless of whether she gets it or not.
Of course she will. I don't think that amounts to approval for their non-endorsement, though I could be wrong. But really, would anyone expect her to screw the teamsters because too many of them are politically idiotic or racist?
Not when Jimmy Hoffa was in charge.
And even after. They endorsed Reagan and Bush I. And sat out the тАШ96 race.
https://thehill.com/business/4885098-teamsters-withhold-endorsement-2024/
Fuck them.
Well, considering the member polling, this was the good outcome.
The fact that they have a lot of bigoted members doesn't make Trump good for the interests of the union or the workers.
So they thought they'd prevent a split in the membership by copping out on endorsing anyone?
https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/18/west-coast-teamsters-endorse-harris/
Other state and local affiliates have followed:
https://x.com/Politics1com/status/1836570442603147555
https://x.com/LaurenHitt/status/1836535551991877743
Interesting that some of them are in very red states like the Dakotas. So where was the largest amount of opposition to endorsing Harris?
Individual groupings of states Council's are endorsing Harris;for instance, the Council consisting of Iowa,North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Michigan have formally done so(I imagine there are others)