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Viewpoint: I'm a Teamster Against Trump (Every single Republican Senator opposed the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension)
Union members protested "right to work" in Wisconsin in 2015. MAGA Republicans have spread these anti-union laws across the Midwest. Photo: Glenn Schmidt
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/07/viewpoint-im-teamster-against-trump
July 18, 2024 / Dan Campbell
I worked hard to elect Sean O’Brien. He is the right president for the Teamsters union. Donald Trump is the wrong president for my country—and I will work like hell to defeat him.
Labor Notes has chronicled our union’s new militancy, including the UPS contract campaign, aggressive strike action, organizing at Amazon, and more.
A Trump victory imperils all of it.
In 2020, I was on the verge of losing my pension. Every single Republican Senator opposed the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Relief Act. The election of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff with strong Teamster support saved my pension and the retirement of over 400,000 Teamsters across the Midwest and South.
FULL story at link above.