President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have also attended Teamsters roundtables, as they courted the powerful union's endorsement this election cycle.
Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington to make her pitch for the union's endorsement.
Though the Teamsters have historically endorsed the Democratic candidate, President Sean O'Brien has made clear that the endorsement will go to the candidate that makes the best case for working families.made it clear that the union would wait to endorse the candidate who, he said, presented the best option for working families. Even if that meant bucking decades of tradition.
"The Vice President appreciates the opportunity to meet with IBT leadership and discuss how she has worked for her entire career to support and defend unions, including as part of the most pro-union administration ever," a Harris campaign spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC on Sunday. Throughout this vetting process, with O'Brien at the helm the Teamsters have engaged more actively with the Republican ticket more than the union has historically done.
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