CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, HAWAII, AND GUAM TEAMSTERS ENDORSE HARRIS-WALZ
September 18, 2024
For Immediate Release
September 18, 2024
Contact:
Hector Delgado, Hector@nullteamstersjc42.org
Trish Suzuki-Blinstrub, Trish@nullteamjc7.org
Teamsters Joint Councils 7 and Joint Council 42, together representing 300,000 Teamster members from 39 Local Unions across California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Guam, are proud to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz to be our next President and Vice President.
Winning fair wages, bargaining quality affordable healthcare, securing strong pensions, protecting good jobs, and growing the middle class through organizing, is at the heart of what we do as Teamsters. Vice President Harris and Governor Walz have demonstrated a commitment to standing with working people through action, such as supporting the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, and in the state of Minnesota, Governor Walz signed a bill that would ban forced captive audience meetings. Under a Harris-Walz administration we are confident that we will continue to have proworker appointees to the National Labor Relations Board and the Supreme Court, which directly impacts our ability to organize and win contract fights that benefit all workers.
“The 300,000 Teamsters who work across California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Guam are fundamental to the American economy, not only producing and transporting goods, but also providing essential services throughout the private and public sectors,” said Joint Council 42 President Chris Griswold. “They deserve a committed administration that will relentlessly advocate for their rights, ensure their safety, and prioritize the needs of working people.”
“Teamster members work and live in cities as well as in rural communities, come from diverse backgrounds, and have different views, but Joint Council 7 and 42 Teamsters refuse to be divided by extremist political forces or greedy corporations that want to see us fail,” said Teamsters Joint Council 7 President Peter Finn. “As Teamsters we will stand together to have a strong voice on the job, provide for our families, and serve the communities where we work,” said Finn.
Teamsters Joint Councils 7 and 42 together comprise 300,000 working people throughout California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan with members working in a wide variety of professions in the private and public sector, including freight and delivery, construction, dairy, beverage, rail and ports, food processing, parking, solid waste/recycling, hotels, transportation, schools, public services and many other industries.
