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Trump Meets With Teamsters Boss Sean O’Brien Ahead of Rank-and-File Member Event. Former President Donald Trump will meet with rank-and-file members of the Teamsters Union along with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman later this January. The move marks a historic shift in relations between the Republican Party and organized labor. While the Teamsters have endorsed Republican presidential candidates in the past – notably Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush – relations between the union and Republicans have cooled since the mid-1990s. During the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, union leaders overwhelmingly backed Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, respectively. Rank-and-file union members however, shifted to the political right in both election cycles – drawn to Donald Trump’s opposition to free trade and mass immigration, as well as his support for re-shoring American jobs and restoring the country’s manufacturing sector. “Had a great dinner tonight with Sean O’Brien, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Looking forward to more discussions about important issues in the near future!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The political shift amongst rank-and-file Teamsters resulted in labor leaders launching a concerted campaign against Trump in 2020 in the hopes they could win back their membership for the Democrats. Despite their efforts, a majority of union households still voted for Trump in Ohio and Pennsylvania in 2020. In light of their rank-and-file members gravitating towards Trump again in 2024, the Teamsters leadership appears at least open to Trump’s candidacy. On Wednesday, Teamsters President O’Brien met privately with former President Trump in what the union said was “an in-depth and productive discussion on worker issues.” “There are serious issues that need to addressed to improve the lives of working people across the country, and the Teamsters Union is making sure our members’ voices are heard as we head into a critical election year,” O’Brien said in a statement, adding: “We thank the former President for taking time during this private meeting to listen to the Teamsters’ top priorities. And we are eager to bring together the rank-and-file for an important and necessary roundtable with President Trump this month.”

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