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Michael Sainato

Labor activist takes on Teamsters leader allying with Trump: ‘He doesn’t represent the workers’

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Teamsters president Sean O'Brien on 3 April. Richard Hooker Jr of Philadelphia's Local 623 on 27 October. Composite: Stuart Cahill; Kriston Jae Bethel/Getty; The Guardian

The Teamsters International president, Sean O’Brien, is putting the “working class in jeopardy” by allying with Donald Trump, according to a prominent labor activist challenging his leadership of the powerful union.

O’Brien has “no business being a labor leader” and “shouldn’t be trusted”, Richard Hooker Jr – who is running against O’Brien’s re-election next year – told the Guardian.

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