Teamsters Local 89 endorses Harris after national union doesn't make a presidential pick

Union workers from Kentucky and Southern Indiana announced Thursday they were endorsing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

The announcement from the Teamsters Local 89 Executive Board comes a day after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse a candidate for president. The Teamsters Local 89 executive board said their unanimous decision to endorse Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was “based solely on their support for union related issues.”

“In these trying and charged political times, it is crucial that all union members look beyond the issues that divide us and instead look to the issues that matter to every working person in America like ensuring your family has food on the table and a roof over their heads,” the union leaders said. “To do that, we must support candidates who we know will support Labor over Corporations and working people over CEOs.”

Teamsters Local 89 members participated in a straw poll over the summer and “Local 89 members voted overwhelmingly” against former Republican President Donald Trump in the poll, the executive board said.




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