Democrats have historically been the party of organized labor. But the Teamsters union is flirting with the GOP and offering an opening for Republicans.
, one of the nation’s largest labor unions, had donated $5,000 to Sen. Josh Hawley . The donation came just a few months after the union made a stunning donation of $45,000 to the Republican National Committee in January, the union’s first such donation in 20 years.
This shift in posture is due to several reasons. First, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien has shown a willingness to engage with the GOP that his predecessor did not. Second, the membership of the Teamsters is largely made up of working-class voters without a college degree, a demographic that is rapidly moving to the Republican Party.
For an organization that has long been a staple of the Democratic Party machine, the willingness of the Teamsters to engage with Republicans offers the party a unique opportunity to pull this organization into the party’s electoral coalition. But this will require a shift in thinking and policy for a party that has historically opposed unionization and made the practice more difficult.As Hawley and his colleague Sen. J.D.
This is what the Republican Party must recognize and support if it is to cut into the Democratic Party’s monopoly over organized labor. The GOP is the party of the working class, and more politicians such as Vance and Hawley are going to continue filling the ranks of the party’s elected officials.
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