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Several Democrats responded overnight to news that the Teamsters, under General President Sean O’Brien, decided against issuing a presidential endorsement. “Unfortunately, neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before big business,” O’Brien said in a statement. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. who, like O’Brien, hails from …

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced Wednesday it won’t endorse either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Trump in the 2024 White House race. The powerful union decided to remain neutral in a presidential race for the first time in over a quarter-century despite releasing internal polling of the union’s rank-and-file membership showing majority support for …

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the only union among the nation’s top 10 that hasn’t endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in her 2024 faceoff with former President Trump, could make an announcement later this week on whom they’re backing in the White House race. “We are going to look at any and all options, and I can’t commit to what …

With over 1.3 million members, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is one of the country’s 10 largest unions. And the Teamsters are the only union among the nation’s top 10 that hasn’t endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. On Monday, Harris makes her pitch to the Teamsters, as the Democrats’ presidential nominee works to maintain her …

A retired autoworker who spent 36 combined years on the line for both Ford and Chrysler – now Stellantis – started a pro-Trump group of colleagues and retirees in 2017 that has ballooned to thousands in recent times. In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Digital, founder Brian Pannebecker said his group started with 30 active United Auto Workers (UAW) …

For the last 50 years, Gabe Briguglio has been known as one of the killers of labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa. Now 85 years old, he is the last FBI suspect still alive and, after all these decades, has high-powered help to try and finally clear his name. “This man has been a victim for half-a-century. He did nothing wrong,” …

A California judge ordered University of California academic workers to end their strike after they have been walking picket lines at several campuses in protest of the university system’s response to anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses. Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall Sherman handed the ruling down on Friday, according to CNS. The university system filed suit earlier last week aiming …

Union members at The New York Times and Reuters are publicly feuding with the influential NewsGuild of New York after one of the group’s representatives made a controversial post on social media. Guild organizer Nastaran Mohit declared her hatred for Israeli “Zionist butchers” in a post on X that is no longer public: “All these Zionist butchers know how to …

A teachers union that represents employees in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) released a guide on how to teach anti-Israel views in schools. Oregon Educators for Palestine, in association with the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT}, released the handbook, titled “Know Your Rights! Teaching & Organizing for Palestine Within Portland Public Schools,” allegedly in response to teachers being censored and …

Imagine wanting to crush independent contractors and small businesses so badly that you would go after your own supporters. In California, that scenario is becoming a reality as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Employment Development Department (EDD) is going after the state’s sacred cow – Hollywood! You may not be sympathetic to Californians or to Hollywood, but don’t let that take …