Biden scores major union backing as its leaders attack Trump

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

Source: CNN

Joe Biden will land a major union endorsement Wednesday from North America’s Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it.

In making one of their earliest ever presidential endorsements, NABTU leaders are kickstarting an eight-figure organizing program to try to deliver their 250,000 members in the battlegrounds of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin for Biden.

The Teamsters, whose endorsement is being pursued by both Biden and Donald Trump, are members of NABTU but abstained from Tuesday’s board vote, according to people briefed on the proceedings. They will endorse after their own upcoming convention.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/biden-building-trades-union-endorsement/index.html

[hueymahl]

1. Great to see

Unions are the backbone of the Democratic Party.

[PatSeg]

2. So the Teamsters have abstained for now

Does anyone know who they endorsed in the last election?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Teamsters endorsed Biden in 2020, if that's what you're asking.

[PatSeg]

4. Yes it is

Thanks. I couldn't remember. It would have made sense that they would endorse a pro-union candidate like Biden, but that hasn't always been the case with some unions.

Oh, I just found this, so I'm not so sure about the Teamsters this time:

The Teamsters' political committee has given $45,000 to the Republican National Committee, according to federal records, a significant departure for a powerful organized labor group that has more recently supported Democrats, such as President Biden, who have championed workers' rights.