Teamsters chief, Trump meet as union weighs 2024 presidential race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump met with the head of the Teamsters on Wednesday and made plans to meet with rank-and-file members later this month as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, the former president and the union said in statements.
Sean O'Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Trump had "an in-depth and productive discussion on worker issues most important to the Teamsters Union," the labor group, which represents 1.3 million workers from truckers and police to nurses and film crews, said in a post on the X social media platform.
The meeting comes during a 2024 presidential campaign in which the economy is front and center, with unions seeking to capitalize on the historic shift in the U.S. labor market and securing a wave of recent labor deals with support from Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.
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