Ken Paff: "Teamsters Against Trump"

[OT+]

Dear Friend,

I sent a group email update in July after Sean O’Brien’s speech at the RNC that a group of Teamsters was forming an independent group Teamsters Against Trump to have resources and grassroots organization in place in the event that the IBT made no presidential endorsement. Well, here we are.

On Wednesday, the IBT made its decision to issue no presidential endorsements. Teamsters Against Trump was mentioned in media reports in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, the Guardian and elsewhere.

Yesterday, Teamsters Against Trump debuted this video which is approaching 700K views on Twitter in less than 24 hours.

It is part of a groundswell of Teamster opposition to a second Trump presidency. Teamster Joint Councils and local unions representing nearly a million Teamsters and retirees in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Kentucky and Southern Indiana, the Dakotas, Pennsylvania, Washington and Alaska have all endorsed Harris-Walz. So has the Teamsters National Black Caucus.

There’s also no avoiding the reality that many working Teamsters and blue collar workers support Trump. This has been a crisis in the making for some time and it won’t be solved in one election. But a response is needed – and it’s happening.

Since August, Teamsters Against Trump has been sending working Teamsters to swing states to canvas other members with leaflets and voter pledge cards at Teamster worksites in swing states.

From now until election day, Teamsters Against Trump volunteers will be canvassing workplaces and phone-banking to persuade Teamsters and get out the vote in swing states. These worker-to-worker conversations will be reinforced with mailings, videos, social media, and op-eds.

Teamster retirees whose pensions were saved by the Butch Lewis Act are an active part of this effort. TDU members fought for the Butch Lewis Act for years (it is named after a Teamster and TDU leader). Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote to pass it. Teamster pension activists spoke at the DNC. Teamsters Against Trump is helping them place op-eds in newspapers in swing states and is producing a video telling their story.
Teamsters Against Trump is independent of TDU. In my last email update I told you, “TDU would simply not be effective as a campaign vehicle for the Democrats. We need something broader and different.” With Teamsters Against Trump and endorsements by Teamster joint councils and local unions in critical swing states that “broader and different” is emerging.
TDU members are proven activists and many of them want to be active in the fight against Trump. TDU will be nonpartisan. TDU activists will not be. You may recognize some of the faces in the Teamsters Against Trump video.
In other news, TDU is gearing up for the biggest TDU Convention in our history. TDU is growing and so is rank-and-file militancy and union organizing. The fight continues on so many fronts. I’m glad to be in it with you.
Many of you responded to my last e-update with feedback, encouragement, and questions. I appreciated them and would love to hear from you.
Solidarity,
Ken Paff

[overnighter]

This is a double cross of the highest order.
TDU is the International. The International is TDU.

Did O'Brien know about this?
Why is he going to the TDU Convention?
Aren't Paff and Levin on the payroll?
What will happen to the TDU staff members on the payroll? Where are their loyalties?
And WHY would ANYONE want to follow Paff and Levin after this disaster of an administration?

The Teamsters have not seen this kind of press since the Consent Decree. It is an absolute nightmare.

[Barry455]

With friends like these...

[Faust]

Ken Paff is a $5 whore!

[WTF891]

Paff is a weasel. Oh and a 5.00 dollar whore

[nonstarter]

This is a double cross of the highest order.
TDU is the International. The International is TDU.

Did O'Brien know about this?
Why is he going to the TDU Convention?
Aren't Paff and Levin on the payroll?
What will happen to the TDU staff members on the payroll? Where are their loyalties?
And WHY would ANYONE want to follow Paff and Levin after this disaster of an administration?

The Teamsters have not seen this kind of press since the Consent Decree. It is an absolute nightmare.

Could this be the end of the coalition, if the endorsement is mainly the presidents decision, what'd Sean think about all this, must have known aboout it, no?

[Nickjamesups]

Paff then invites O’Brien to be the guest speaker at the TDU convention! Notice how Paff includes a plug for TDU ? I hope some trump supporting teamsters attend .

[TheMilitantTeamster]

There is a former TDU member of the GEB and he voted to endorse Harris! Thankfully Palmer retains his dignity and integrity while Paff is ok with TDU being “non partisan” whatever that means

TDU is the “junior partner “ on the slate according to paff so where’s the leverage???

[Thisischange?]

501c3 status maybe? The shameless convention plug for cash tells you all you need to know about scuba diving Ken chasing cash in the septic tank. What a bum.

[Gimliboston9]

Don’t be fooled, the entire cast of characters in Teamsters against Trump are TDU, Dan Campbell , Stefan Ostarich, Rand Wilson and the entire Butch Lewis club. Paff brags this is going to be the biggest TDU convention ever , well guess why , it’s because O’Brien has okayed locals sending people there . Let’s see how many show up when O’Brien sees this letter and pulls the knife out of his back.

[AlJackson1962!]

Matt Taibi, S/T of Local 251 is also part of "Teamsters Against Trump", but he has said nothing about the GEB non-endorsement during 251 membership meetings.
The only opposition to Trump was by rank and file members that overwhelmingly voted for Biden endorsement in the "Town Hall Meeting" last Spring. Me and two other 251 retirees distributed a lengthy 3 page leaflet before that meeting. Does anyone know how Taibi voted at the GEB on the non-endorsement?

[WTF891]

Taibi is a sellout like his daddy Paff.

[JWebb]

Taibi from 251 was a no-show, didn't even vote.

[HethatbeKing]

I find it interesting that those who are critical of Sean O'Brien's decision not to endorse either Presidential candidate fail to discuss his reasoning not offer an endorsement. During his interview on CNN Mr. O'Brien stated he refused to give an endorsement after neither candidate would commit to honoring unionized workers right to strike. If what Mr. O'Brien said is true, then that should give every Teamster reason to be concerned about the two major parties lack of commitment to long established right to strike.

[Bob Randall]

Bro? Failed to discuss? There is no good "reason"(ing). Been discussed at length. One party has behaved very badly. The other has behaved "goodly". You don't reward bad behavior with $45,000.00. Or, with an apparent endorsement by attending the RNC with kind words for a dictator that has shown contempt for your union. Or a showing of support to a party that has historically sought to destroy your union. Harris signed into law the Act that saved my pension along with thousands of others. If that bill had been placed in front of Trump he would have wiped his ass with it. Harris has voiced her support for pro union legislation. Orange man has not. Sean clearly had a motive that has not been explained that has gone awry. Now, he can't back out of it. (Although, he is trying.) Sean's lucky that the orange union hater is going to lose. Otherwise it might have been an even more costly political mistake for him. No "commitment"? Her actions have already shown a commitment. Stop biting for Sean's deflection. Indefensible and irresponsible. Yeeesh!

[RealTeamster]

Wake up, O'Brien shit the bed bad and now he is trying to cover it up.

[quotetheraven1031]

You will also find it interesting that just about everyone here is an armchair quarterback and it doesn’t matter if O’Brien was Jesus Christ and walked on water. This is an OZ hater page, comprised of a lot of losers at the bottom rung of the organization who seem to have all the answers

[Gimliboston9]

Can we all just take a moment here to take a look at Paff ? He was the one who cut the deal for a “seat at the table “ that made it possible for this insane situation. Now he wants to take credit for an opposition platform against what O’Brien just did . While still having him as guest speaker at the TDU convention, who is he having speak? The guy who praised Trump at the RNC or the man who is supposed to be a leader and endorse on the best candidate for labor ? Come on Paff , Trump or Harris ? You want the guy who can’t choose between the two?

[RealTeamster]

Ken Paff and TDU have been non-existent for the last 2 years and are a joke at this point.

[Nickjamesups]

Perhaps there should be demonstration outside the TDU convention by the Paff group Teamsters Against Trump ! Just who would Paff stand with?

Hey Paff ! We could all sing Which Side Are You On ! You can sing lead and Levin, Campbell, Hardy and Stefan can be the chorus!

[Nickjamesups]

https://youtu.be/bsNVzwuJeVk?si=N1JJzCpDUQCp03kl

[Thisischange?]

I'm there!

[RealTeamster]

Dear Friend,

I sent a group email update in July after Sean O’Brien’s speech at the RNC that a group of Teamsters was forming an independent group Teamsters Against Trump to have resources and grassroots organization in place in the event that the IBT made no presidential endorsement. Well, here we are.

On Wednesday, the IBT made its decision to issue no presidential endorsements. Teamsters Against Trump was mentioned in media reports in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, the Guardian and elsewhere.

Yesterday, Teamsters Against Trump debuted this video which is approaching 700K views on Twitter in less than 24 hours.

It is part of a groundswell of Teamster opposition to a second Trump presidency. Teamster Joint Councils and local unions representing nearly a million Teamsters and retirees in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Kentucky and Southern Indiana, the Dakotas, Pennsylvania, Washington and Alaska have all endorsed Harris-Walz. So has the Teamsters National Black Caucus.

There’s also no avoiding the reality that many working Teamsters and blue collar workers support Trump. This has been a crisis in the making for some time and it won’t be solved in one election. But a response is needed – and it’s happening.

Since August, Teamsters Against Trump has been sending working Teamsters to swing states to canvas other members with leaflets and voter pledge cards at Teamster worksites in swing states.

From now until election day, Teamsters Against Trump volunteers will be canvassing workplaces and phone-banking to persuade Teamsters and get out the vote in swing states. These worker-to-worker conversations will be reinforced with mailings, videos, social media, and op-eds.

Teamster retirees whose pensions were saved by the Butch Lewis Act are an active part of this effort. TDU members fought for the Butch Lewis Act for years (it is named after a Teamster and TDU leader). Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote to pass it. Teamster pension activists spoke at the DNC. Teamsters Against Trump is helping them place op-eds in newspapers in swing states and is producing a video telling their story.
Teamsters Against Trump is independent of TDU. In my last email update I told you, “TDU would simply not be effective as a campaign vehicle for the Democrats. We need something broader and different.” With Teamsters Against Trump and endorsements by Teamster joint councils and local unions in critical swing states that “broader and different” is emerging.
TDU members are proven activists and many of them want to be active in the fight against Trump. TDU will be nonpartisan. TDU activists will not be. You may recognize some of the faces in the Teamsters Against Trump video.
In other news, TDU is gearing up for the biggest TDU Convention in our history. TDU is growing and so is rank-and-file militancy and union organizing. The fight continues on so many fronts. I’m glad to be in it with you.
Many of you responded to my last e-update with feedback, encouragement, and questions. I appreciated them and would love to hear from you.
Solidarity,
Ken Paff

Hey Ken... where have you been....oh by the way where has TDU been.... that's right up Sean O'Brien ass... Ken, you and TDU are a disgrace for not calling SOB out! You're are a joke now and so is your TDU.

Why Ken have you not called out all of SOB and the IBT's ignorance and hypocrisy in the last 2 years? exactly.... go away your are worthless at this point.. Enough said, just saying.

[Teamsterstrong]

Levin needs to go

[Wiggy]

Could this be the end of the coalition, if the endorsement is mainly the presidents decision, what'd Sean think about all this, must have known aboout it, no?

Sean O'Brien brought us Trump. Ken Paff brought us Sean O'Brien. This group is just Paff's attempt to make some space between him and O'Brien, and save what might be left of his reputation. We knew the knife would come out eventually, suprising in that direction.

[DanaCos]

O'Brien also brought us Hoffa.

[Gimliboston9]

Well at least I’m not the only one who sees what Paff is doing! The two faces of Paff .

Face 1,
O'Brien/ Oz supporter! “ Hey Sean , I got you here ! I have not reported a single evil thing you have done! Not a word from TDU on your retaliations, your racial discrimination suits, your false reporting on membership, your false reports on membership numbers , your post of a woman with a gun to here head ,your secret dinner date at Mar-A-Lago , your implied endorsement of the biggest anti union president in our history , your lack of leadership by not making an endorsement. Let’s not forget all those YELLOW members gone without a vote!

Face 2.
I never knew about anything bad O’Brien has done , this is going to be the biggest TDU convention ever! I’m taking a lot of heat for TDU’s silence! I have an idea! I will start a secret group Teamsters Against Trump! I will pretend it’s NOT TDU , just run by me , supported by me , staffed by my drones and will counter O’Brien/oz position on endorsement! I will take credit for locals endorsing Harris! this is my plan to separate myself from O’Brien but in a secret way so I can still re-endorse him later! Win win for me !

[Thisischange?]

Point 3; come to my stupid convention and bring your money. I'm a principled man trust me.