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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Teamsters executive board is meeting on Wednesday in Washington as the 1.3 million-member union decides whom to endorse in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The ...
Teamsters endorsed Biden over Trump in the 2020 election. For this time around, the union decided not to back any of the candidates.
The union's leaders met with Trump in January. Teamsters, one of the nation's largest unions, has 1.3 million members including truck drivers, freight workers, airline pilots and zookeepers, among ...
For many workers, issues such as gun control, abortion and border security override Trump’s expressions of hostility to unions, Masters said. The Teamsters detailed their objections to the candidates in a statement, starting with their objection to a contract implemented by Congress in 2022 on members working in the railroad sector.
In a union-commissioned survey conducted by an independent third party between July 24 and Sept. 15, 59.6 percent of Teamsters members voted to endorse Trump, compared to 34 percent for Harris.
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Trump told reporters Wednesday that the union's decision not to endorse a candidate was "a great honor." "The Teamsters carry a lot of weight. The Democrats cannot believe it," Trump said.