Rank-and-file Teamsters RESPOND to Sean O'Brien's RNC speech | Working People
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On Monday, July 15, on Day 1 of the Republican National Convention, Sean O’Brien, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, became the first Teamsters president ever to address...
show moreSpeakers include: Amber Mathwig, a UPS warehouse worker and member of Teamsters Local 638 in Minnesota; Tony, a UPS worker, member of Teamsters Local 174 in Seattle, and a member of Teamsters Mobilize; Chantelle, a part-time UPS worker and member of Teamsters Local 177 in New Jersey; Rick Smith, a 35-year Teamster working in the freight industry and host of The Rick Smith Show; Zoey Moretti Niebuhr, a UPS worker, third-generation Teamster, member of Teamsters Local 391 in North Carolina, and president of Pride at Work—North Carolina; Jess Leigh, a UPS worker, shop steward for Teamsters Local 728 in Atlanta, and a member of the Teamsters LBGTQ Caucus and Teamsters Mobilize; Kat, a part-time UPS worker and shop steward for Teamsters Local 70 in Oakland; and Robert Conklin, a third-generation Teamster and member of Teamsters Local 665 in San Francisco.
Additional links/info below…
- PBS NewsHour, "WATCH: Teamsters President Sean O'Brien speaks at Republican National Convention | 2024 RNC Night 1"
- Sean O'Brien post on X about Sen. Josh Hawley
- Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone, "Union Twitter account goes rogue after president speaks at RNC"
- Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, "Everybody hates Sean"
- The Rick Smith Show website, Facebook page, Twitter/X page, and Instagram
- Teamsters Mobilize website, Facebook page, Twitter/X page, and Instagram
- Teamsters LGBTQ Caucus website
- Pride at Work—North Carolina Instagram
- Maximillian Alvarez & Teddy Ostrow, The Real News Network, "UPS and Teamsters reach tentative agreement, but is a strike still possible?"
- Teddy Ostrow, The Upsurge / The Real News Network, "The UPS Teamsters contract has been ratified. What now?"
- Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!
- Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song
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Studio Production: Maximillian Alvarez
Post-Production: Jules Taylor
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