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TWU Leader: Support Of 'Defund The Police' Cost Dems Nationally

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 11/10/20

The association of the Democratic Party with the "defund the police" movement, which got traction after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd six months ago, hurt it in the Nov. 3 election among union households, according to John Samuelsen, president of the Transport Workers Union of America.

The TWU represents 150,000 workers, mostly in the airline, railroad, transit, and utilities sectors.

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