At its recent 50th annual convention, members of Teamsters for a Democratic Union assessed what their organization has achieved in recent years and debated their approach to Donald Trump.

At the fiftieth annual Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) convention, 550 Teamsters talked about building power in their workplaces, from United Parcel Service (UPS) barns to school bus yards to the San Diego Zoo. They swapped tips on running for local union office and debated TDU’s strategic priorities.

A major theme at the convention, held in Chicago, November 7–9, was the union’s renewed militancy. Teamsters elected Sean O’Brien in 2021 to head the 1.3-million-member union; the TDU-backed O’Brien–Zuckerman Teamsters United slate ran under the slogan “New Leadership and a New Direction.”

“We saw

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