Unions should be about employees, not about politics

Originally published at The Hill

“I’ll be honest with you,” said Teamsters President Sean O’Brien in a recent podcast interview. “I’m a Democrat, but they have f—ed us over for the last 40 years.”

Wearing a T-shirt with “Teamsters vs. Everybody,” he accused Democrats of selling out “working people” in favor of “Big Tech.”  

O’Brien’s rhetoric mirrors the feelings of Teamsters’ rank-and-file, which supports former President Trump over Vice President Harris by nearly 20 percentage points. The Teamsters and International Association of Fire Fighters, whose rightward leanings are admittedly less severe, declined to endorse either presidential candidate. 

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