West Coast Teamsters break with national chapter in endorsing Harris

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/18/west-coast-teamsters-endorse-harris-00179923

West Coast Teamsters announced their endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, just minutes after national Teamsters leadership declined to issue a presidential endorsement.

The move represents a sharp break within the powerful union’s membership in liberal states like California, where former President Donald Trump remains a widely unpopular political figure. The union’s national headquarters released internal survey results earlier in the day that showed close to 60 percent of its members backed Trump.

Teamsters Joint Councils 7 and 42 — which are made up of 39 local unions representing 300,000 members in California, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam — wrote in a statement that Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have a history of supporting expanded labor protections for workers, like the proposed Protect the Right to Organize Act and a Minnesota law that will ban employers from forcing workers to attend anti-labor meetings.

“Teamster members work and live in cities as well as in rural communities, come from diverse backgrounds, and have different views, but Joint Council 7 and 42 Teamsters refuse to be divided by extremist political forces or greedy corporations that want to see us fail,” said Teamsters Joint Council 7 President Peter Finn. “As Teamsters we will stand together to have a strong voice on the job, provide for our families, and serve the communities where we work.”

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. The *international* didn't endorse.

[Grins]

10. Haven't seen a lede that poorly written in a while. NM

[sheshe2]

2. Excellent news.

[RandySF]

3. The Twamsters president has some beef with Biden.

I’m not sure the poll is even real.

[FalloutShelter]

4. Great news!

Thank You West Coast Teamsters!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. California Teamsters are proud to endorse @KamalaHarris @Tim_Walz

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[Pinback]

8. Nevada.

It’s all good, but I’m especially glad to see Nevada on the list.

[onenote]

6. This is good news. And maybe it will cause some DUers who've been calling for revenge against Teamsters to STFU.

I've seen posts suggesting the Teamsters should be forced to give back the pension saving funds they got from the Biden administration. Great way to alienate all Teamsters.

[msongs]

7. the god father did not get his ring and ass kissed so no endorsement from the national nt

[Think. Again.]

9. I bet this won't be the only local to endorse Harris, in spite of the national non-endorsement.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Unions backing Kamala Harris:

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Unions backing Kamala Harris:

✊ United Auto Workers
✊ AFL-CIO
✊ IBEW
✊ National Education Association
✊ Postal Workers Union
✊ Communication Workers of America
✊ SMART Union
✊ SEIU
✊ United Food and Commercial Workers
✊ Actors' Equity Association
✊ Arizona AFL-CIO
✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO
Kentucky AFL-CIO
Maine AFL-CIO
Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Nevada AFL-CIO
New Jersey AFL-CIO
New York State AFL-CIO
New York City Central Labor Council
Oregon AFL–CIO
Pennsylvania AFL–CIO
Washington State Labor Council
King County Labor Council
Wisconsin AFL-CIO
Amalgamated Transit Union
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689
American Federation of Government Employees
AFGE Council 238
American Federation of School Administrators
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
District Council 37
American Federation of Musicians
AFM Local 802
American Federation of Teachers
AFT of Maryland
AFT of Massachusetts
Chicago Teachers Union
Ohio Federation of Teachers
United Federation of Teachers New York City, New York
American Guild of Musical Artists
American Postal Workers Union
American Train Dispatchers Association
Association of Flight Attendants
California School Employees Association
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists[896]
Communication Workers of America[897]
Culinary Workers Union[898]
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees[899]
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers[900]
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers[901]
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers[902]
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers[903]
Local 11[904]
Local 103[905][906]
Local 292[907]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 28[908]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 186[909]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 572[910]
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers[911]
International Longshore and Warehouse Union[912]
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots[913]
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers[914]
International Union of Elevator Constructors[915]
International Union of Operating Engineers[916]
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades[917]
Laborers' International Union of North America[918]
National Air Traffic Controllers Association[919]
National Association of Letter Carriers[920]
National Education Association[921]
Ohio Education Association[922]
Oregon Education Association[923]
Texas State Teachers Association[924]
Wisconsin Education Association Council[925]
National Nurses United[926]
Washington State Nurses Association[927]
National Union of Healthcare Workers[928]
North America's Building Trades Unions[929]
Office and Professional Employees International Union[930]
Orange County Labor Federation[931]
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union[932]
Seafarers International Union of North America[933]
Service Employees International Union[934]
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East[935]
SEIU 721[936]
SEIU CALIFORNIA[937]
SEIU Pennsylvania council[938]
SEIU United Healthcare Workers West[937]
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society[939]
UNITE HERE[940]
UNITE HERE Local 11[941]
United Association[942]
United Auto Workers[943]
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America[944]
United Farm Workers[688][945]
United Food and Commercial Workers[946]
UFCW Local 99[947]
UFCW 880[948]
UFCW Local 1776[949]
UFCW 3000[950]
United Steelworkers[951]
Utility Workers Union of America[952]
Writers Guild of America West PAC[953]

[Cha]

13. WOW!! TY Retweeted!

[Cha]

12. Yay Teamster Sanity Reigns on the West Coast!

[Cha]

14. "I am happy to see California, Hawaii, Guam and my state Nevada supporting union workers. "

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[et tu]

17. i think he likes cf45

why? i dont know but have a few ideas~

[orangecrush]

19. Yup

[onetexan]

29. Time for members to demand O'brien resign

And they vote in a new CEO whose views align with what Teamsters Union stands for.

[GB_RN]

15. Union Members Prefer Cantaloupe Caligula By 2:1??

-Roaches for RAID and Slugs for Salt have entered the chat.

[Dem4life1970]

16. Yeah, seriously...

What Union ON THE PLANET would endorse a fake populist "billionaire" who goes on a failing, technologically challenged radio show on X and brags about firing striking workers with Elon? Makes no sense....so Trump hates who their a lot of their membership hates, is that a reason to cut off their collective noses to spite their collective faces? Make it make sense...good on the West Coast Teamsters.

[orangecrush]

18. Great news!

[hadEnuf]

20. At this stage, any Teamster supporting Trump doesn't want to be a Teamster any more.

They should also have their fucking heads examined.

Trump has made it clear he wants unions gone.

[KPN]

21. Booyah!

Oh, and Sean O’Brien is full of shit!

[Nevilledog]

22. Just saw that Michigan Teamsters are also endorsing Harris.

Edited to change Wisconsin to Michigan.

[617Blue]

23. Nice!

[Nevilledog]

24. Wisconsin Teamsters endorse Harris

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Ian Sams
@IanSams
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Teamsters Joint Council 39 (representing all Teamsters in Wisconsin) just unanimously endorsed Vice President Harris

Ian Sams
@IanSams
Just today Vice President Harris has received the endorsements of:

Michigan Teamsters Joint Council 43 (245,000 active and retired members)

Teamsters Joint Council 42 (300,000 members including in battleground Nevada)
2:49 PM · Sep 18, 2024

[paleotn]

25. Makes you wonder where those "national poll" numbers mentioned in the OP come from.

I'm thinking someone's ass.

I cannot understand any union member supporting Donny the orange. Seriously, that's not even voting against one's best interests. That's putting a flashing neon sign on their heads that reads..."Please F--- Me!"

[Nevilledog]

28. It was a "poll" of 21,000 out of 1.3 million members

[wolfie001]

26. Great to hear!!!

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A whole bunch of US truckers are white racists that love the flaming orange a55hole This phenomenon is prevalent in Canada as well as proven by those jackwads that shut down Ottawa. Same racist scum-type. "Poorly educated" just like fatso trump brags about.

[mdbl]

27. So according to that poll, 60% of them think they shoud be fired if they go on strike.

[Nevilledog]

30. Minnesota, Iowa, North & South Dakota, Wisconsin endorse Harris

[geardaddy]

41. Awesome!

[Mr. Evil]

31. 60% my ass!

[ailsagirl]

32. YES!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. Teamster Chapters in Battleground States endorse Kamala Harris

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[et tu]

34. but not pensy?

sad

[jmowreader]

35. I can think of another good reason for truckers to not support Trump

TransAm Trucking v Labor Review Board was a decision handed down by the 10th Circuit when Neil Gorsuch was on that court, and Gorsuch was one of the judges who heard the case.

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca10/15-9504/15-9504-2016-07-15-0.html

The facts of this case are clear: Truck driver Alphonse Maddin was pulling a load through Illinois when he was close to running out of fuel. He pulled the truck to the side of the road to call his dispatch for authorization to fuel out-of-network. Within 10 minutes the brakes on the trailer froze solid. Dispatch ordered him to sit tight and wait for a mechanic to come thaw the brakes. The guy almost died of hypothermia in the process. Maddin unhooked his trailer, went to a truck stop to warm up, then returned to the trailer where someone was finally there to thaw the brakes. Maddin was fired for "abandoning his load." The National Labor Relations Board ruled that he'd been fired in violation of the whistleblower protection clauses in the Surface Transportation Authorization Act and ordered TransAm to reinstate him. They appealed all the way up to the 10th Circuit, who refused to overturn the NLRB. The decision was 2-1...the judge who decided TransAm was right in firing a driver who refused to die in his cab was Neil Gorsuch.

This is the first of three bad judges Trump welded into the Supreme Court.

[oasis]

40. Great reminder. Thanks for posting.

[Martin68]

36. They know who actually supports labor.

[JohnnyRingo]

37. Good news! I can go to bed now.

[lark]

38. Weak kneed waffler is at the head of this once great union!

Fuck him and whoever else was part of this decision! Good on West Coast Teamsters, they aren't seditionists light.

[Hekate]

39. KnR

[GaryDLap]

42. Teamsters

To the 58%,

When you’re in your F-150 in a hospital parking lot while your wife/daughter/ girlfriend is bleeding out because she couldn’t get care for a pregnancy gone bad let me know how that worked out for you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. Welcome to DU

[BlueWavePsych]

43. Nevada, Wisconsin & Michigan Teamsters Endorse Kamala. Update: California, NY & PA Too!

Teamsters Councils representing Western PA, Central PA and the Philadelphia region have all now endorsed @KamalaHarris for President.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/18/2271368/-Nevada-Wisconsin-amp-Michigan-Teamsters-Officially-Endorse-Kamala

We need all the help we can get from swing states like PA.

[PortTack]

44. West coast teamsters aren't the only ones. There are lots of local chapters that said..awh..go pound salt!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

46. This makes me smile

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

47. More Teamster chapters endorsing Harris Walz

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

48. The GEORGIA TEAMSTERS have endorsed Vice President Harris

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