Biden Bailed out Teamsters’ Pension Fund. They Still Won’t Endorse Harris

Polls conducted by the union found that roughly 60 percent of members favored Trump, while about 34 percent backed Vice President Kamala Harris. This marks a significant shift for a union that has historically supported Democratic candidates, including backing Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2020.

The Teamsters’ decision reflected a labor union divided over political identity and policy, despite its members having directly benefited from the Biden administration. It was Biden who, soon after taking office, signed into law a $1.9 trillion stimulus package that included $86 billion for multiemployer pension plans. Tens of billions of those dollars went to a pension fund owned by about 350,000 members of the Teamsters union.

While in office, Biden also became the first sitting president to walk a picket line when he joined striking UAW autoworkers in Michigan a year ago in a show of support. He nominated labor-friendly lawyers to the National Labor Relations Board and appointed Harris to run a task force promoting union organizing and collective bargaining.