Biden meets with Teamsters leaders as he seeks crucial union endorsement
Source: CNN Politics
Updated 2:11 PM EDT, Tue March 12, 2024
Washington CNN — President Joe Biden met on Tuesday with leaders from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as he tries to court the crucial union vote ahead of November.
Biden is competing with former President Donald Trump for a Teamsters endorsement. With more than 1 million members, the union is one of the largest in the world and has a large presence in several battleground states.
Biden’s campaign said the president “appreciated the opportunity to discuss his historic, pro-union record with the Teamsters,” and they “agreed on the importance of protecting Social Security and Medicare, so that workers who have paid into them their entire career can retire with dignity.”
Trump met with the Teamsters earlier this year. The group twice endorsed against Trump, backing Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2020, but has not made an announcement for 2024. The union was not expected to deliver an immediate endorsement on Tuesday.
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