Teamsters head warns his union not ‘beholden’ to Democrats in RNC speech Union chief shouts out Trump, JD Vance and Josh Hawley as leaders of populist right The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024
Teamsters Union President Addresses Broken System At RNC Sean O’Brien, Teamsters president, highlights challenges faced by American workers at the Republican National Convention. Top News · Jul 16, 2024
The Teamsters President Will Speak at the RNC, but He Doesn’t Speak for All Teamsters Teamster, trucker and talk show host Rick Smith says Donald Trump isn’t a serious supporter of labor. Capital & Main · Jul 14, 2024
Republican Convention Puts Spotlight on Wisconsin GOP’s Anti-Union Agenda State Republicans devastated unions, but union electoral power remains crucial to defeating Donald Trump. Capital & Main · Jul 12, 2024
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 Guardian - US · Jul 12, 2024
Trump announces Teamsters union chief to speak at Republican convention Sean O’Brien accepts invitation as union says its message ‘needs to be heard by as wide an audience as possible’ The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2024
Teamsters Union Delays Endorsement Decision After Meeting With President Biden Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien discusses potential endorsement of President Biden and inclusive candidate consideration. Top News · Mar 12, 2024
Biden meets with the Teamsters today. But don't expect an endorsement any time soon The 1.3 million member union is in every battleground state. Former President Donald Trump has also met with the organization and made his pitch. But don't expect an endorsement any time soon. WEKU · Mar 12, 2024
Alan Brownjohn obituary Prolific poet, novelist and critic who was an astute and sometimes satirical observer of life in modern Britain The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024
Teamsters union pays $2.9m to settle racial discrimination lawsuit Exclusive: union’s president, Sean O’Brien, accused of having ‘publicly humiliated’ Black and Hispanic workers The Guardian - US · Jan 31, 2024
‘A slap in the face’: progressive anger as Teamsters union chief meets Trump Leftwing members of 1.3m-strong labor union unhappy with Sean O’Brien for private meeting with Republican frontrunner The Guardian - US · Jan 18, 2024
‘There won’t be any beer come March’: US Anheuser-Busch workers threaten strike Represented by Teamsters, 5,000 workers at 12 breweries prepare to strike after voting 99% in favor The Guardian - US · Jan 17, 2024
Liars, expulsions and near-fistfights: Congress plumbs the depths in 2023 From removing a House speaker and expelling an indicted member, it was not a great year for America’s representatives The Guardian - US · Dec 28, 2023
Brawny billionaires, pumped-up politicians: why powerful men are challenging each other to fights Musk and Zuck challenged each other to a fight; the former House speaker allegedly shoved a colleague. It was a bumper year for male insecurity The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2023
The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2023 A year in congressional chaos: The craziest moments from 2023 From falsely activated fire alarms to lunging lawmakers and criminal indictments, here are the moments that defined 2023 in Congress. Ariana Baio reports
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023 GOP lawmaker accused of picking colleagues’ noses on Israel trip ‘It was just middle school,’ former Congressman David Trott’s wife said
The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023 Australian supermarket vanilla ice-cream taste test: the best tub is from Aldi (so is the worst) From velvety specimens to ‘watery’ experiences, Nicholas Jordan has the inside scoop on ice-cream tubs – the good, the bad, and the simply vanilla
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Senator who threatened fight during hearing blames union boss: ‘He started it’ Markwayne Mullin, a former mixed martial arts fighter, said he ‘did not deal good with bullies’
The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023 GOP senator boasts about almost getting in a fight with union leader Near-brawl during Senate hearing was stopped by Bernie Sanders
Salon · Nov 15, 2023 Bernie, Ingraham torch "pathetic" Mullin Markwayne Mullin in another interview reminisced about the days when you "used to be able to cane" in Congress
The Guardian - US · Nov 15, 2023 Offering to fight union leader was just ‘Oklahoma values’, senator claims Republican Markwayne Mullin accused of ‘acting like a 12-year-old’ by Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien during Senate confrontation
Salon · Nov 15, 2023 GOP's institutional tantrum gets violent It's hard to see how this ends well — for any of us
The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023 Daily Show guest host reveals three GOP lawmakers she’d like to fight Leslie Jones said she ‘wants in’ in the physical fights breaking out among GOP lawmakers in Congress
The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023 Jimmy Kimmel renames Capitol live-stream ‘UFC-SPAN’ after GOP fights Jimmy Kimmel joked the Republican party had turned into ‘UFC-SPAN all of a sudden’
WEKU · Nov 15, 2023 A GOP senator challenges Teamsters head to a fight in a fiery exchange at a hearing A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin and Sean O'Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.