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Coexist

(26,202 posts)
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 02:26 PM Sep 20

Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters,Pittsburgh-based Teamsters Joint Council No. 40 Endorse Harris

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election-2024/2024/09/19/harris-trump-teamsters-labor-pension-biden-congress/stories/202409190091

this is such good news in that swingy state!

Even as the national International Brotherhood of Teamsters is remaining neutral in the presidential race, the Pittsburgh-based Teamsters Joint Council No. 40, representing 14 locals and 35,000 workers, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

It’s one of several Teamsters organizations nationally to do so, including the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters, which represents 95,000 workers, on Thursday.

“In the 45 years the PA Conference of Teamsters has been in existence, it is extremely rare to have a pro-labor candidate for president and a pro-labor candidate for vice president running together,” conference president William Hamilton said. “Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are exactly that team. Their track record on labor speaks volumes and that is why we are proud to not only endorse but support and work for the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania.”

Other Teamsters groups endorsing Ms Harris are located in Philadelphia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin.

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Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters,Pittsburgh-based Teamsters Joint Council No. 40 Endorse Harris (Original Post) Coexist Sep 20 OP
This endorsement means so much. It could really tip the scales in a western PA area. lindysalsagal Sep 20 #1
Great to hear how these regional conferences... DemInBuckhead Sep 20 #2

lindysalsagal

(22,406 posts)
1. This endorsement means so much. It could really tip the scales in a western PA area.
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 02:40 PM
Sep 20

There are men in PA who are torn: Disgusted by tscf, but hesitant to vote for "the liberal." Meaning, the woman of color.

DemInBuckhead

(116 posts)
2. Great to hear how these regional conferences...
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 03:36 PM
Sep 20

...are speaking out and endorsing Harris. Also demonstrates how far up Trump's ass Sean O'Brien is.

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