(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 13, 2023)
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will host its first member roundtables with five declared candidates for U.S. President on December 14-15 in Washington, D.C.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Asa Hutchinson, Marianne Williamson, Cornel West, and Dean Phillips will meet with Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien, Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman, and rank-and-file Teamsters from across the country.
Candidates will participate individually in a conversation with O’Brien, Zuckerman, and members on issues important to Teamsters and their families. Topics include: the shrinking American middle class; workers’ wages; corporate bankruptcy reform; antitrust enforcement in the warehouse and package delivery industries; and the freedom to form and join a union.
Candidates will have the opportunity to discuss how the next President and the Teamsters can work together to empower and protect workers, promote high labor standards, and strengthen the American economy while expanding the middle class.
The union is scheduling with all campaigns and will announce additional roundtables in the New Year.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has not issued an endorsement in the 2024 race.
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