Sean O’Brien, the president of the Teamsters union, will speak at the Republican nationwide convention in Milwaukee next month, a relocation that might spell problem for Joe Biden’s assistance amongst blue-collar employees ahead of the November election. Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican candidate, revealed on Friday on his Truth Social platform that O’Brien had actually accepted his invite to speak at the convention which he was anticipating seeing him represent the Teamsters. “Our GREAT convention will combine Americans and show to the country’s working households they precede,” Trump composed. “When I am back in the White House, the hard-working Teamsters, and all working Americans, will as soon as again have a nation they can pay for to reside in and be appreciated around the globe.” A Teamsters representative validated the news, stating it was “really extraordinary because it will be the extremely very first time a Teamsters basic president has actually resolved the RNC”. The effective union represents more than a million members throughout sectors such as trucking, product packaging, production and logistics. “Our 1.3 million members represent every political background, and their message requires to be heard by as large an audience as possible, which consists of all political prospects running for chosen workplace,” the representative stated. “We value previous President Trump’s openness to welcoming a labor leader to speak on behalf of working households.” The Republican nationwide convention will start on 15 July, where Trump will when again be chosen as the GOP governmental prospect. The Teamsters representative stated O’Brien had actually made a similar demand to appear at the Democratic nationwide convention in Chicago the following month. The Teamsters backed Biden over Trump in the 2020 governmental election. O’Brien, who took over in March 2022, has yet to openly back a prospect in this election cycle. O’Brien has actually welcomed Biden, Trump and the independent governmental prospects Robert F Kennedy Jr and Cornel West to speak with his group. O’Brien drew anger from the union’s progressive members after he held a personal conference with Trump previously this year. O’Brien later on satisfied Biden, who he referred to as having actually been “terrific” for employees. He worried there was “still a lot of work to be done” to strengthen unions. O’Brien’s look at the Republican nationwide convention would challenge Biden’s historical alliance with arranged labor and threatens to damage his claim that he is the most pro-union president in United States history. Biden started his re-election project last June at a union-backed rally, and has actually considering that been backed by the United Auto Workers (UAW) after he strolled the picket line with union president Shawn Fain throughout its strike versus America’s 3 most significant automobile producers.
Trump reveals Teamsters union chief to speak at Republican convention
