Unpacking JD Vance’s Labor Record
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Aug. 1, 2024 | VOTE2024 | Former President Donald Trump announced Senator JD Vance as his Vice Presidential running mate last Monday via a post on Truth Social. Vance, currently the junior senator from Ohio, has frequently portrayed himself as a pro-worker, conservative populist. Indeed, Vance’s confirmation as the Republican nominee for Vice President occurred at the same Convention where Teamsters President Sean O’Brien spoke to the assembled Republican Party delegates and officials. Many have cited the two events as evidence of the party’s attempt to court union votes and paint itself as a “pro-worker” party. Vance claims that he is a different kind of Republican. But behind this pro-worker gloss, his track record on workers’ rights seems to be more of the same. On Labor
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