Talk:Sean O'Brien (labor leader)
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Speaking at the RNC
[edit]I think more should be said about the controversy that is currently overlooked in this article. From the Guardian "Teamsters president faces backlash over ‘unconscionable’ GOP convention speech"
"Sean O’Brien accused of bolstering ‘most anti-union party and president’ by senior members of his own union...The Teamsters International president, Sean O’Brien, has been accused by senior members of the union of disgracing it by agreeing to an unprecedented appearance at next week’s Republican national convention.
O’Brien’s decision was branded “unconscionable” by John Palmer, vice-president at large at the Teamsters, who accused him of lending support to the “most anti-union party and president” in a generation.
In a letter seen by the Guardian, Palmer urged members of the union to demand that O’Brien cancel his planned appearance.
From Slate: "The Teamsters’ RNC Gamble"
"John Palmer, vice president at large of the 1.3-million-member Teamsters union, slammed O’Brien’s decision to speak at the convention. In an op-ed, Palmer wrote that it “normalizes and makes palatable the most antiunion party and president I’ve seen in my lifetime. … It is unconscionable for any labor leader to lend an air of legitimacy to a candidate and a political party, neither of which can be said to have done or can be expected to do, anything to improve the lives of the workers we are pledged to represent.”
There are many more and credible sources. I am wholly unfamiliar with Wiki editing so I'm not going to screw up the article by trying edit it. But these are import details about the reaction of his unprecedented appearance and controversial speech he gave 2603:8081:8700:2732:658F:37B9:170D:728A (talk) 17:10, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
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