we greatly respect their process, and we respect the teamsters as a union.the teamsters decided not to do an endorsement, there was a significant shift toward harris by local unions throughout the country. the teamsters are one of the largest local unions. and also by the entire black caucus. and that's because of our ability to have local federations, local bodies were a lot of unions like the teamsters are members of, and we deliver messages that resonate throughout the union and communities. >> fred, we appreciate you shedding light on this. fred redman is the associate treasurer of the afl-cio. thanks for being with us tonight. >>> still ahead, this year one democrat has a chance to do something no democrat has accomplished since 1994 -- win a statewide race in texas. i'm going to talk to colin allred, a democratic congressman running to unseat tentative ted cruz about his strategy, next. strategy, next. later i'm 70-ish. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan from unitedhealthcare. with this type of plan, you'll know upfront about how much

their process , we greatly respect their process and respect the teamsters as a union.s after the teamsters decided not to do an endorsement, there was a significant shift toward harris and walz campaign by local unions throughout the country of the teamsters, some of the largest local unions. and also by the entire black caucus. that is because of our ability to have local federations, local bodies with a lot of unions like the teamsters are members of. we are able to deliver messages that resonate to those local unions in their communities. >> fred, we appreciate your shedding light on this. fred redmond is the secretary- treasurer of the afl-cio . thanks for being with us tonight. >>> still ahead, this year, one democrat has a chance to do something no democrat has accomplished since 1994, win a statewide race in texas. i will talk to colin allred, the democratic congressman looking to unseat ted cruz. next. what does a robot know about love? it takes a human to translate that leap in our hearts into something we can see and hold. etsy. to me, harlem is home. but hom

one notable union, the teamsters, declined to endorse either candidate. why? guest: if you look at the internal poles that the teamsters ran, you will pretty much have your answer pretty quickly. there was a big disparity between support for kamala harris and support for former president trump. the final number they released on the day they didn't endorse was 58% of respondents supporting trump, 31% supporting harris. that's more than 10 points down from where president biden was. so if these internal numbers are to be believed, teamsters members pretty resoundingly endorsed former president trump, as he said that day when the poll came out. but at the same time, there was not enough support among the teamsters leadership to endorse president trump and any marginal support there may have been evaporated pretty quickly when he said in that twitter spaces event with elon musk that elon musk should just fire any striking worker out there in his company. that's a pretty nuclear thing to say for unions. those are fighting words. that was not what they wanted to hea

head of the teamsters, great guy.ok a vote nationally, and i won by similar numbers nationally. that's really an honor. i think it has been many decades before they endorsed a republican. i think they will start, but we had rank-and-file teamsters all over the country by numbers similar to that. i have good news for you on the automobile business in michigan. i will wait until we finish up and we can talk about it because you are going to have a lot of competition in mexico and that competition is not going to happen anymore. i want to thank the teamsters also. i see a guy over there with that shirt. cannot miss him. >> i work with the guy. you see my grandbaby, too? mr. trump: oh, wow. that's good genes. i can tell you. >> i got my little girl there, too. mr. trump: thank you very much. appreciate it. byron: we also have with us your great friend, ceo of cancer fitzgerald. based on the last election, what are your thoughts on what we can do to reverse or in the auto industry save and bring those jobs back in america?

, and i know the teamsters didn't endorse, but their data was basically 2-1 for trump. know the teamsters aren't the sciu or a more liberal union, but 2-1, that's high opening. >> i'm wondering, too, then, what do you think plays out in the next 10 days. everybody waits for the october surprise. we've had several surprises, i don't think they've moved the needle much but what could in the days ahead? >> you know, obviously, you've got a foreign policy. you've got bad actors out there who want to, one way or the other, they want to basically move the direction to harris or trump. so, that's something to watch. i think either candidate, neil, can win this race, but harris needs a stronger finish because she's had a rough couple of weeks and i think she's got to go for it. you know, we've seen nominees over the years after the election, losing nominees, whether that's hillary clinton, al gore, mitt romney, you see their personal side after they move. she has to sit down and answer questions directly. she hasn't been doing that. neil: interesting. we'll see how it pans out.

one notable union, the teamsters, declined to endorse either candidate. why? guest: well, if you look at the polls that the teamsters ran, you will have your answer pretty quickly. there was a big disparity between support for kamala harris and support for former president trump. the final number that they released was 50% supported trump and 31% supported harris. that is more than 10 points down from where president biden was. if these internal numbers are to be believed, teamsters members pretty resoundingly endorse former president trump as he said that day when the poll came out. at the same time, there was not enough support among the teamsters leadership to endorse president trump. any marginal support has evaporated pretty quickly when he said in the letter x spaces event with elon musk that elon musk should fire any striking worker out there in his company. that is a pretty nuclear thing to say for unions. those are fighting words. that was not what they wanted to hear from the former president at a critical moment like that. host: jess in massachusett

i'm a second-generation teamster with teamsters local 533 here in reno.d cheering] i am also the executive vice president for the national teamsters lgbtq+ caucus. [crowd cheering] which i am very pleased to say voted last week unanimously to endorse harris-walz for 2024. [crowd cheering] because we believe in fighting for equality, dignity, and respect in the work base. -- workplace. during my years as a teamster and a union activist, one thing has been made clear to me. unions build strong communities. [crowd cheering] our union workers are building roads, bridges, schools, and hospitals. we deliver goods across the country to your grocery stores and your front straps -- steps. unions build strong local economies and a strong national economy. [crowd cheering] vice president harris and governor walz both know that the middle class workers like us form the backbone of our society and they respect the workers right to organize. [crowd cheering] throughout her life, vice president harris has fought in the courtrooms, in the legislature for workers rights.

she worked the teamsters. she met with them and they didn't endorse her.st time they haven't endorse a democrat since 1996. in the wake of the 2016 election i talked to some union workers and they said there was a mutiny among union workers against the bosses. now the union bosses have seen that. when they look at numbers, and they have looked at them, they see bill clinton won union members by 30%, hillary by 12%, biden by 19%, and kamala only is ahead by 9%. they see a mutiny among their members. why is there union mutiny, okay, donald trump has created the working man's economic agenda. no tax on tips. he announced that first. than it was no tax on overtime. that is a jolt to the working-class. no tax on overtime, that is massive. then he said i'm going to set a limit to interest you are going to pay on your credit card. you her j.d. vance today say one in 11 americans cannot pay their credit card debt. donald trump is solving that. before you get to trump tax cuts, 28% cut for anyone making less than $50,000. this is a working man's economic agenda. ka

liz: whoa that was teamsters union chief shawn o'brien.rsion of the democrat party. its been taking too far left and he's saying they are ditching working class voters. let's bring in fox news contributor deroy murdock along with political commentator sarah bedford. great to see you both. first to you deroy what do you make of this? >> a lot of f bombs that was quite something. i think the teamsters remember these are truck drivers among other things that concern these guys are the electric vehicle mandating including mandates to drive electric trucks. they are much more expensive than traditional ones. they don't have anywhere near the range and they can't carry as much cargo so this is the kind of thing that directly hits their pocketbooks and then you look at what president trump is offering. he's talking about no tax on tips, no tax on overtime. once a worker retires no tax on social security benefits and if you're a company that produces in the united states, you only have a 15% corporate tax rate which is great for business so i thin

the teamsters worked on these issues. realize politics is not left to right, it is whose side you are on, you take the elections. to me, of course i wanted a teamster endorsement and got it. i was at the pipefitters the other day with the president of the brick layers, there endorsement means a lot and i get it but what it really means is when a painter turns to another painter at a construction site and says i am voting for brown because he is the most prolabor guy. that is how you take elections. as much money as they are throwing against me, i will take it because i stand up for the workers and people know i am on their side. >> 400 million has been spent on your race and advertisements. what does that reflect in terms of steaks? >> it tells you they do not want somebody like me. somebody that will keep wall street honest. make sure they cannot rip people off. they do not want somebody like me who will take on the drug companies like i have my entire career. take on companies that outsource jobs because when you stand

to me of course i won a teamsters endorsement. i got it.ent of brick layers or painters. and their endorsement means a lock to me and i get it, but really matters more is what a painter or bricklayer turns to another painter or bricklayer in the construction site and tells her i'm voting for sherrod brown because he's the most prolabor guy, he's fighting for workers. that's how you win elections. that's why i will win as close as this race is, i will win because i stand up for these workers and people knowing i'm on their side. >> to that end you talk about this race, $400 million have been spent on your race in ads. it's the most expensive race this cycle. what does that reflect in terms of stakes? >> well, it tells you that they don't want somebody like me. they don't want somebody going to keep wall street honest, put a check on wall street, oversee wall street, make sure they can't rip people off. the drug companies don't want somebody like me, take on those companies that outsource jobs, take on those companies -- the oil companies, be

, including 62% of the teamster members, and there are a lot of them here today. up, please, teamsters, we love you! thank you, thank you. thank you very much. kamala does not even pretend to have a plan to save detroit because she knows her agenda will reduce your future to rubble. she is not going to, her plan will drive every company, even small businesses, out of our country or out of business. it's a disaster. it is a disaster. kamala's inflation already caused a typical family over $30,000 in higher prices and now she's proposing to raise the typical family taxes by nearly $3,000 a year. so watch these two videos, see if they have some electricity going to them, please. and it will be nice if the television cameras can watch them also because they don't do that. >> mr. president, there are many different tax policies which could cripple the economy. she wants to allow tax cuts. >> kayleigh: you have been listening to president trump in detroit, michigan. you heard him say people call him a protectionist, but he wants to protect you, the american people, you,

are there any teamsters, any teamsters in the room? good. i stand up, sir.a tough looking guy. very good. good. thank you. and as a result of this, you know, shocking to me, it's not shocking. but as a result, the national organization, as you know, has refused to endorse the democrat candidate for president for the first time in decades. i mean, it's been a long time and i want to thank teamsters, president sean o'brien and all of the incredible rank and file. teamsters that did this. this was a big shocker. it wasn't shocking to me. i said, how the hell are teamsters, you know, these are tough people. how the hell are they going to vote for this, this terrible person? she's weak in so many ways, like, you know, she's weak, they're not going to vote for that. i said a long time ago, i don't believe, i actually believe they would have been better if they left crooker joe biden in. because i actually think at least she had a base. she has no base. you know, she was the last person she came in last because when he ran, he got 14 million votes, whatever you wan

of course, i want a teamster endorsement and i got it. national president of brick layers and painters. their endorsement means a lot to me. what really means more is when a painter or bricklayer turns to another painter or bricklayer on the construction site and says, i am voting for sherrod brown. that is how you win elections. ims close as if this race can be. i want to win because i stand up for these workers. >> to that end, $400 million have been spent on your race in aspect that is the most expensive race this cycle. what does that reflect in terms of the stakes? >> it tells you that they don't want somebody like me. they don't want somebody that will keep wall street honest, oversee wall street and make sure they cannot get people off. they don't want somebody like me that will take on the drug companies that outsource jobs and take on the oil companies. when you stand up to them, that is why--as i said, when i got into this race two years ago i knew they would spend tens of millions of dollars because they don't want me. i stand

he was making reference of course to the teamsters and the teamsters president sean o'brien not impressedke a look. >> we do not regret our decision. we are pretty autonomous. as a general executive board, both candidates were not specific on issues important to us, cebula the local unions and joint councils which are area regional counselors make their decision. and you know kind that is what we do, autonomy is very well respected of this organization. >> neil: not by tim walz. kamala harris' running mate. he had this to say, union leaders who did not make a commitment to the democratic ticket, take a look at this. >> they are directly responsible, their members, some of them split off. the bottom line is how can he be the guy who is not there to make collective bargaining right kind not to make health care there? >> that is the cognitive dissonance i don't understand. some of those leadership -- >> the vast majority of union leaders showed the back you. >> neil: i think he is saying that you did not show courage. >> that is kind of a knucklehead statement. i show courage every single da

the teamsters union also chose not to endorse anyone in the race. this was interesting because the teamsters had also been meeting with both candidates and trying to get whatever they could out the door. "politico" writes this could be a sign of trouble for democrats. they write today the slights from the teamsters and a few other labor groups have harris supporters on edge since trump has succeeded in carve into the party's advantage with rank and file members. this morning we've learned the v.p. will soon campaign with former president obama rallying supporters together in pittsburgh. obama expected to hold more events for harris between now and election day. the vice president is in michigan today. the latest polls showing her with a slight lead but one also within the margin of error. still president biden said he has all the confidence that she will prove victorious in november. >> [inaudible question] >> president biden: she ising to do fine. >> trump is in the south today making stops in north carolina and georgia. his visit notable as he is

mark: remarkable we were talk can go teamsters i don't know if you saw teamsters' statement in response to this strike longshoremen strike, but behaviorism said to biden stay the bleep out of it, you know when it comes to the democrat positioning they are trying to do everything they can to win any possible vote, but, you know,, actions speak louder than words, when you look at from it that standpoint, we've seen nothing from action standpoint over the last 3.8 years. >> absolutely just getting started a big hour coming up, israel is weighing response, to iran's missile attack president biden urging country to do a cease-fire avoid targeting tehran's nuclear sites why are nuclear sites off base? you are watching "mornings with maria" live on "fox business". stay with us. ♪ , ♪ . ♪ . ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart ♪ ♪ as time went on, it was easy to seeee ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c ♪ jardiance works 24/7 in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type two diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. seri

that's seen as a blow to harris just weeks after the teamsters union did the same.

so for the teamsters, which then would mean the teamsters would not exist janice i think just a matter that is very true, which is what makes this so bizarre. scott, i know we really got to go if if it's true what you say that the democrats have been far more supportive. why is it that kamala harris cannot secure the traditional union endorsements she'll also firefighters she lost the teamsters. she lost the fraternal order. >> why is it that the big union organization, while the fraternal order of police didn't endorse joe biden either. >> the teamsters, the national didn't endorse either, but she got a collective 20 separate across the country are blows towards but that's what i'm saying is that, but it's not about the policy what about the connection like that undergird that we having to actually talk about, which is we need to unpack that. >> why your segment? because there's a lot, there's a lot in that conversation. everyone hold on for us coming up next one more month. leaving or not before election day, governor tim walz says the electoral college, quote needs to to-go. we'll d

i'll tell you, those teamsters right there, they have more common sense amongst those teamsters righthere than every committee room in washington, d.c. and i look forward 20 working with you to make america great again, mr. president. mr. trump: thanks mike. you've got to get out and vote for mike. he'll be the best senator you've had. he'll do things nobody else would do. we're also pleased to be joined by a warrior, friend of mine, a congressman who fought for me. he will always fight for me. he's going to fight for you. jack. thank you. looking good, jack. thank you very much. thanks, jack. good job. really a warrior. candidate for congress who is doing very well, i looked at a poll, paul young. where is paul? hi, paul. [applause] they like that. good luck, paul. and michigan g.o.p. chairman pete hoekstra who has been a friend of mine for a long time. i went to pete, you know, he's very successful politician, congressman. and then he retired and did other things. did a great job. then became ambassador, he was a great ambassador. i said you've got to take over the party. i want you

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>> michigan firefighters and teamsters, and the uaw and other unions across the state, they stronglykamala harris and tim walz. nationally, i am not sure what those politics are? it seems that donald trump has been successful to be intimidating people. whatever it is. the truth is, people of michigan understand who is creating jobs and who will create more. i was in saginaw, michigan, yesterday. we were announced over 1000 new jobs at hemlock semi conductor because of what we did to invest in chips to expand what we are doing on clean energy. i can take you to flint or bay city or muskegon, to detroit, we are creating jobs. the folks that know that the best are the folks involved in the unions in michigan. they are union jobs. >> good to see you as always. thank you for joining us. we hope you will continue to be a guest of our show whether or not you are serving. debbie stabenow of michigan. we will be right back. in, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max! why use 10 buckets of water when you can use 1 fire extinguisher.

i'm honored to be endorsed by san francisco teachers, healthcare workers hotel workers teamsters, tenant uni, sf rising and league of voters. i humbly request your vote. thank you for your consideration and for more information go to my website at aaron2024.com. >> my name is ahsha safai, this election is about our city future. can working middle class families make it san francisco. public safety corruption and failure to address homelessness. f to get the city back on track we need a mayor to represent all san franciscans. including working families, those often forgotten by city hall. i'm a proud immigrant who fled violence at 6 years old, raised by a single mom and put myself through school. i spent close to a decade as a labor organizer and helped raise san francisco minimum wage. i run my own small business, and as supervisor i built affordable housing and helped deliver free city college. to make the city work for all san franciscans we need a mayor who solves problems and knows how to get things done. i am a mit trained city planner, i worked with mayors to deliver on some of our

maria: what do you think. >> i do, there is a reason that the polling numbers when the teamsters tookn the uaw did not take that poll, what would find either doing rallies at plants by former uaw members and are coming back saying it is about 60 - 40 of the folks leading the plan giving a thumbs up taking signs. i do think that they know something is going on and it's not good for the future and the economic future and by the way all the other problems, high gas, high groceries and all the other things that came with it and people saying we have to have a change. that's why i think this will change and that's why we will win this election. >> you think the gop takes the senate and you will be a part of that? >> i really do, all of our independents are starting to break our way we have done a massive ground campaign in the state of michigan and you can find out about the out rogers for senate.com i would love to have you on board. this will come down to the wire. it's going to be close were going to win because independents are coming over in the diverse coalition starting to come in.

it was ubiquitous in both independent afl locals and teamsters locals in the service sector. defining this unionism were unrestrained bodies. not just the teamsters loud voices and sucking fists that were sometimes fetishized, but the flamboyant clothes, homes, cars, the rich food, the late night drinking. the dancing. the extralegal organizing tactics, and sometimes, the bold unwillingness to be contained within the rigid boundaries of domesticity, and heterosexuality. let me tell you about one person, just to save time here, to show you what i mean. the person i'm going to talk about is a middle-aged jewish woman named beatrice riker. at first glance, one might have described her as an activist in the late 1940s. a single woman, she lived in a small but sunny apartment not far from the original yankee stadium in the concourse neighborhood of the bronx. like many other activists in the eber movement, at peak financial stability, she made a living as a union staff member, working as secretary-treasurer of amusement and retail clerks employees local 1115 c. they always have, g

i'm not sure that team steers, 62% of the teamsters the constituents were voting for trump. fact that the union head says i'm staying out. it. similar thing with the firefighters, they got 300,000 members. >> ainsley: it's like ptsd from code. they are remembering that they were -- a lot of them had to walk off the job. they weren't allowed to you work. they didn't want to get the vaccine. did you see the videoed with liz cheney. liz cheney is endorsing kamala harris. >> lawrence: what an endorsement. suddenly the democrats love the cheneys. to see kamala harris to say thank you, dick cheney for all that you have done for the country. really? i thought you thought he was dark varied and ruined the country. only exception for democrats is the ones that vote for democrats. >> brian: just amazing. put a montage together of liz cheney ripping vice president kamala harris and senator kamala harris. anti-trump, but. >> ainsley: compare her policies and dad e.'s policies to exars. >> brian: it's personal. it's all personal. steve. >> lawrence: new this morning former president bara

and the workers did not want the teamsters.them ended up in jail in december 1970 in salinas. another one of his personal sacrifices that was very powerful for workers. the lettuce boycott was never as effective partly because if you think about it, grapes are a luxury item. lettuce was more of an essential and much harder to differentiate, how do you know what is union lettuce and what is not? there was a lettuce boycott for a while. it did not succeed as well. host: deborah is in oneonta new york. thank you for calling. caller: hello. first thing, miriam pawel, i want to thank you for your book. i was division council leader for -- counties and union steward for the only onto department of labor office between the 70's and the 1990's. i had the great fortune of attending a convention whereby i met cesar chavez. and i actually cracked him up because i asked him, is it just red wine grapes we have to boycott? can we still drink white wine? that cracked him up. host: what was his answer? caller: oh, he cracked up, he laughed and

, naturally through the teamsters and had been new jersey. if it moved, they had to organize it. so the parking attendants were organized by the teamsters and louie. the lot was explained us that there would be accidents naturally especially at the end of the day when everybody's in a hurry. get the car back then, he said, now here's the drill. if the you staring at the guy's car and he notices it before, he leaves the truck. the track will have to pay for the damage and you'll get said down from your job for a week and if that happens twice, get fired. so here's what you do. if you've damaged the guy's, you have to distract him as you bring the car to him and if it's a convertible if the top were down, put the top up or you're coming. and so he'll scream and yell, what you doing? putting my top up. but he won't go to his music up to was no he won't notice the front headlight is busted or if it's not a convert to bull, turn on the radio real loud and turn on the windshield wipers. same. he'll say, what the heck are you doing? but he won't not

the group is also calling on other amazon employees to join them as teamster members.ve reached out to amazon for comment but have not heard back. >> minimum wage for some of california's lowest paid health care workers is going up this month. state health officials will implement the pay boost on october 16th. the increase was supposed to kick in four months ago, but lawmakers delayed it due to budget concerns. the goal is to gradually increase minimum wage and health care workers to $25 an hour. the uc berkeley labor center estimates more than 400,000 medical assistants, janitors and food service workers and others will benefit tonight. >> a new report is out on the number of so-called ghost guns being used in crimes, and seized by law enforcement, up and down california. the department of justice report released today in san francisco by state attorney general rob bonta. now, according to the report, the number of ghost guns recovered from crime scenes was down 23% last year compared to the year before. attorney general bonta says despite the decrease, the report, q

. >> more than 100 san francisco, amazon warehouse employees have joined the teamsters union. the group of employees had been organizing with the teamsters since last year as part of its effort to receive increased pay safer, working conditions and more of a voice earlier in the year. hundreds of amazon drivers at one of the company's facilities in queens, new york, 4 of the union with the teamsters. >> the sfmta board of directors voted to ban large recreational vehicles from parking on certain streets overnight. the board had a meeting last night to go over the code to establish a new definition for recreational large vehicles to include 5th wheel trailers, house cars, trailer cultures, mobile homes and arby's overnight parking will only be banned on certain streets, which is still to be decided. parking will be banned between the hours of 02:00am and 06:00am. >> the man is now facing murder charges in connection to the death of his wife in hayward. police say they found nader dead at her home off eucalyptus court and the southern part of the city last week, according to inv

defining this unionism were unreal strained bodies, not just the teamsters. loud voices, swinging fists that historians sometimes fetishize. but the flamboyant clothes was homes, cars, the rich food, the late night drinking and dancing the extralegal organizing tactics and a sometimes bold unwillingness to be contained within the rigid boundaries of monogamy, domesticity ity, gender, normativity and heterosexual ality. let tell you about one person just to save time. here to show you what i what i mean. the i'm going to talk about is a middle aged jewish named beatrice riker. at first glance, one might have described riker as an activist. in the late 1940s, a single woman, riker lived in a small but sunny apartment not far from the original yankee stadium in the concourse neighborhood of the bronx. like many other activists in the labor movement at the peak of its financial stability, riker made a living through a job as a union staff member, working as the secretary treasurer of amusement and retail clerks, employees local 1115 c the locals always have compl

don't know if you heard me back stage there when president hamilton, when bill hamilton was speak, teamsters, to all of my sisters and brothers in labor, thank you for being here tonight. [cheers and applause] but i'm saying amen to everything that guy is saying because he's exactly right. he knows where donald trump stands and he knows where kamala harris stands. i'll tell you what, our good friends over at the united auto workers, president shawn feign, he summed it up he feel said donald trump is a scab and that's it. that's end of it. [cheers and applause] and all of you. especially that guy in the buffalo played back here -- buffalo plaque back here. -- buffalo plaid back here. thank you. it's a glorious afternoon. friday afternoon. you took tim to come find parking. you've got kids going elsewhere. you've got stuff going. but you chose to come here. into this beautiful space. [applause] but you knew exactly why you came here you came here because you love this country. that's why you came here. simple. and this crowd doesn't surprise me because this is a place, the place we stand, i'm