International Brotherhood of Teamsters president Sean O'Brien is in hot water with his own members after giving a speech at the Republican National Convention this week. And it could now cost him his position.
According to In These Times labor reporter Kim Kelly, O'Brien is drawing a challenger in John Palmer, the union's VP-at-large, who tore O'Brien to shreds in an announcement of his candidacy for the union's leadership election in 2026, urging members to vote for him to "send Sean O'Brien...