Trump should never have let the Teamsters pick his Labor secretary
Key takeaways
- In 2024, International Brotherhood of Teamsters union bosses conducted internal polling of their rank-and-file members.
- Nevertheless, union President Sean O Brien and other members of the union hierarchy refused to endorse Trump for President.
- The overwhelming majority of national and international union officials opposed Trump s return to the White House and freely spent hundreds of millions of dollars in rank-and-filers dues money to stop him.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
In 2024, International Brotherhood of Teamsters union bosses conducted internal polling of their rank-and-file members. It showed roughly 60 percent support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Nevertheless, union President Sean O Brien and other members of the union hierarchy refused to endorse Trump for President.
The reason O Brien and his cohorts chose to remain neutral rather than support the presidential candidate backed by the vast majority of ordinary Teamsters members is that Trump had rejected the union leadership s demand that he repudiate his past support for Right to Work and pledge to veto national Right to Work legislation in exchange for an endorsement.