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LeftInTX

(34,031 posts)
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 02:16 AM Friday

Teamsters Endorse Greg Abbott (Ugh)

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday drew the backing of a slew of labor unions, including the Texas Teamsters, in his bid for a record fourth term in office — a series of endorsements that the Republican touted as a first from labor groups that have historically backed Democrats.

“Literally the backbone of our economy are the workers who built that economy — the plumbers, the pipe fitters, the welders, the longshoremen, the truckers,” Abbott said during a press conference with union leaders in Houston. “All those job skills have made Texas what it is. They've had my back, and I want them to know I will always have their back.”
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Taylor touted the state’s film tax credit as among the programs Abbott has supported that the Teamsters benefit from. And he said the state should continue to invest in job-training programs that Abbott has also backed.

The unions endorsing Abbott include the Plumbers Local Union 68, International Longshoremen South Atlantic & Gulf Coast District Association and the Pipefitters Local Union 211.

No paywall: https://archive.ph/KfXGz#selection-1553.0-1559.178

Ugh, ugh, ugh.....

They also stated elsewhere paraphrasing: "We only care what's good for unions, we don't care about anything else".

F...that....With friends like this who needs enemies.....

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Teamsters Endorse Greg Abbott (Ugh) (Original Post) LeftInTX Friday OP
The Teamsters can be assholes LetMyPeopleVote Friday #1
It's not just the Teamsters bottomofthehill Friday #2
This shouldn't be a surprise when Sean O'Brien, spoke at the 2024 nazi convention. lostincalifornia Friday #3
When I was growing up in Wisconsin there were a lot of factories - TBF Yesterday #5
as AI trucks are being rolled out on to the highways. Javaman Friday #4

bottomofthehill

(9,354 posts)
2. It's not just the Teamsters
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:00 AM
Friday

The Plummers, the Longshoreman and the Pipefirters unions also endorsed. The building trades and ILA ….. friends in the House of Labor no longer.

lostincalifornia

(5,095 posts)
3. This shouldn't be a surprise when Sean O'Brien, spoke at the 2024 nazi convention.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:58 AM
Friday

I have been skeptical of labor when many of them went for Reagan.

TBF

(35,991 posts)
5. When I was growing up in Wisconsin there were a lot of factories -
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 11:45 AM
Yesterday

and many of our dads belonged to unions. Wisconsin has always been a mixed bag of progressives (some labor, the universities, and urban Milwaukee), and also conservatives (birthplace of the republican party - Ripon, WI).

They not only voted for Reagan, but they also blamed Clinton for NAFTA (ignoring the fact that NAFTA was a bipartisan bill started by none other than Reagan and eventually passed during Clinton's term).

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