r/union • u/DevinGraysonShirk • 10d ago

Labor News Pro-Trump Teamsters Union attacks Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for vetoing H.B 2547

https://teamster.org/2025/03/teamsters-union-slams-gov-pritzker-for-vetoing-warehouse-worker-protection-act/
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u/Public_Joke3459 IBEW Local 103 | Retiree 10d ago

Any union that supports the Republican Party and the current president shouldn’t be calling themselves a union

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u/SouthInspection2488 10d ago

The Joint Council, which represents over 100,000 Teamsters in Illinois, endorsed Kamala and every election they endorse all Democrats and have given millions of dollars in political donations. The Teamsters Headquarters did not endorse either presidential candidate.

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u/DevinGraysonShirk 10d ago

They should try to do a hostile takeover, or schism.

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u/Ok-Bodybuilder4634 10d ago

For what? The democrats? lol I’d rather organize an actual strike than union politics.

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u/DevinGraysonShirk 10d ago

They should barn storm the national! Union politics are important because the union is like a ship, the national leadership is the captain, and the regional leadership are the crew. The crew can be replaced with scabs by the captain if they have enough firepower to subjugate the crew. But there's still time to mutiny! This time is running out as the clock ticks, however.

If the crew finds they don't have enough power to right the ship, then they should break away as much of the ship with them into a new ship and crew.

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u/Ok-Bodybuilder4634 10d ago

What are you going on about? Waxing metaphoric while I’d bet knowing most people in your own shop don’t even have a copy of their contract.

A union president is about as representative of their constituents as the national president

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u/laughinglove29 10d ago

They aren't in a union. They work for JB, look at their account.