Do you have a link to your statement?
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has decided to withhold its endorsement in the November presidential election, but that hasn’t stopped its locals from bucking Teamsters leaders and making their voices heard.
And they are all in for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Sean O’Brien, president of the nearly 1.3 million member union, announced Sept. 18 that the Teamsters would not endorse Harris or Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 election. Internal union polling showed that a majority of its members backed Trump over Harris, according to numerous news reports. O’Brien turned heads in July when he praised Trump in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
But Teamsters members in battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Nevada took matters into their own hands, publicly backing Harris just hours after O’Brien’s announcement.
According to The Washington Post, at least eight regional Teamsters councils with active members in 14 states, and 10 locals have endorsed Harris.
https://uupinfo.org/communications/uupdate/240924.php
Harris campaign: Councils representing one million Teamsters endorse Kamala Harris
Local Teamsters unions across the country, including in key battleground states of Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, have rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz. Collectively, these unions represent one million Teamsters. These local Teamsters have committed to immediately begin knocking doors and engaging in other voter contact efforts across the b...
https://www.wispolitics.com/2024/harris-campaign-councils-representing-one-million-teamsters-endorse-kamala-harris/
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