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Teamsters President Sean O’Brien Says Union Is “Not Beholden To Anyone Or Any Party” In Historic RNC Speech (deadline.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by memfree@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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It was a very lefty kind of speech. He talked about "corporate vultures" ruining the US and demanding change.

UPDATE: Text of speech in block of this realclearpolitics article, but the video (below) is better.

PBS piece with video: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-teamsters-president-sean-obrien-speaks-at-republican-national-convention

From the article and speech:

“Remember, elites have no party. Elites have no nation,” he said. “Their loyalty is to the balance sheet and the stock price at the expense of the American worker.”

He added: “The Teamsters are not interested if you have a D, R or an I next to your name. We want to know one thing: What are you doing to help American workers?”

“Never forget, American workers own this nation. We are not renters. We are not tenants. Wut the corporate elite treat us like squatters, and that is a crime. We’ve got to fix it,” he said.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

He said some pretty uncomfortable things to some of that audience. In his recent article, Cory suggested that if there is a way to break the Trump voting block it's to highlight the irreconcilable contradictions between the people in it. I had an initial knee jerk reaction to the news about this speech, but after listening to it, I think O'Brien did exactly that.

[–] memfree@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I agree! I was squirming a bit at the beginning when he was graciously thanking the hosts and individuals who have been pro-union, but once he got to the meat of the matter, he was scathing!

-- And if anyone is wondering which article you mean, I have the link: https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/14/fracture-lines/#disassembly-manual

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I came in prepared to hear shameful bootlicking and I came out pretty good about what he did there. Still a bit controversial but I think positive on the whole. Especially for someone who's trying to get the best deal for his union members.