Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien’s mission to chart a new political path - Washington Examiner

Donald Trump met with the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and gave him a speaking slot at last year’s Republican National Convention .

The union had not endorsed a candidate in the presidential election for the first time since 1996 , ending a streak of six presidential elections in which the union endorsed the Democratic nominee.

Peter Bergen : The detente and rapprochement between the Republican Party and the Teamsters took years to come to fruition.

Teamsters union leader Sean O’Brien has found a soft spot for the GOP and taken steps to engage with Republican senators.

O'Brien doesn't see his job as partisan and says he wants results, not excuses.

The Teamsters president has met with GOP senators and the president of the labor department .

He says the Democrats forgot who they actually worked for.

What have they done for working people? What have they done for union members? In the last four years , not a heck of a lot. They’ve sent their jobs overseas. Their wages have gone down. They’ve cut their benefits. I think O’Brien has got the right formula.” Jeremiah Poff is a Restoring America editor for the Washington Examiner ..