Because the Teamsters, like many blue collar workers, are racist and sexist Trump supporters. It really doesn’t need to go farther than that.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/31/teamsters-racial-discrimination-lawsuit
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teamsters-hurled-sexist-anti-muslim-154544490.html
Party leadership knows Trump is bad for them, so they will not support him.
Rank and file appear to have more Trump supporters than Harris (or Biden prior to the switch.)
Therefore the teamsters feel that they’re screwed if they endorse either one.
The article is worth a read.
My general impression of blue collar union workers is that they are some of the dumbest, most ineffectual and short-sighted organisms to be given the title of “sentient.” It’s really no surprise to me
“Jeez, why don’t unions like us?”
Didn’t they decline to endorse any presidential candidate?
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https://jacobin.com/2024/09/teamsters-endorsement-trump-harris-election
Sure sure. Not corruption. The labory political thing we said. Movements and such.
any chance we can get UAW to stage a hostile takeover?
