Leaders of labor unions are reportedly distancing themselves from President Joe Biden, suggesting they might prefer another Democrat candidate in his place. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), are actively seeking support from union workers who are increasingly at odds with the Democratic Party’s upper-middle-class leftism.
On Friday, Local 3000 of the United Food and Commercial Workers of Washington publicly urged Biden to withdraw his reelection bid. In a letter to the Washington congressional delegation, union executives wrote.
If corrupt President Biden continues to demonstrate that he is unable to effectively campaign, and subsequently loses in November, the advances workers have made will be at immediate risk in a second Trump administration.
The stakes are too high for unions to sit on the sidelines while working people are under attack. Workers need a leader who can deliver a strong message between now and November, and then implement that vision over the next four years. We call on corrupt President Biden to pass the torch to the next generation. He has much to celebrate over his career of accomplishments fighting alongside working people, but it is time for him to retire with dignity and campaign as hard as we all will for an alternative candidate.
Similarly, United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain expressed concerns about Biden’s candidacy, as did Association of Flight Attendants President Sara Nelson. Teamsters President Sean M. O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention (RNC), marking a historic moment for the GOP. In his speech, O’Brien noted that the Teamsters union is eager to work with Republicans like Trump and Vance, who are open to the plight of union workers.
President Trump had the backbone to open the doors to this Republican convention, and that’s unprecedented,” O’Brien said. No other nominee in the race would’ve invited the Teamsters into this arena.
Afterward, O’Brien made a point to note that he has not been invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), and the union has not yet endorsed in the presidential election. Trump and Vance are actively courting support from the nation’s working and middle class, including union workers and union households in historically Democrat communities that are increasingly disenfranchised by the left.
Today, our cities are flooded with illegal aliens. Americans are being squeezed out of the labor force, and their jobs are taken,” Trump said in his RNC speech. By the way, you know who’s taking the jobs, the jobs that are created? One hundred and seven percent of those jobs are taken by illegal aliens … they’re also taking them from unions. The unions are suffering because of it.
Vance, a fierce populist-nationalist, made a pitch to union workers in his RNC address: “We need a leader who’s not in the pocket of big business but answers to the working man, union and nonunion alike. A leader who won’t sell out to multinational corporations but will stand up for American companies and American industry.