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‘Shut your mouth’: GOP senator clashes with union leader during hearing

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Teamsters President Sean O’Brien got into a heated argument with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) during a Wednesday Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on union busting tactics.

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The Guardian

‘Shut your mouth’: Republican senator clashes with Teamsters chief – video

In an aggressive confrontation at a Senate health, education, labor and pensions committee, Markwayne Mullin, a Republican senator, clashed with Sean O’Brien, president of the Teamsters, a US labor union. 'You need to shut your mouth,' said Mullin after a testy interaction in which Mullin asked the union head what he did to earn his salary. 'You’re out of line,' O’Brien retorted. Bernie Sanders attempted to mediate between the two men, to little…

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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USA Today

Teamsters President Sean M. O'Brien, GOP senator clash in hearing on union organizing

Teamsters President Sean O'Brien gave testimony to senators on how corporations break the law by shutting down union organizing.

1 year ago·United States

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CNN

'Shut your mouth': Republican confronts labor union leader during hearing

GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin confronts Sean O'Brien, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, in a heated exchange during a senate hearing, leading Senator Bernie Sanders to step in.

1 year ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

Teamsters president calls GOP senator a ‘greedy CEO’ in heated exchange

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien verbally attacked each other in a Senate hearing focused on the right of workers to organize unions.

1 year ago

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KRDO

Oklahoma GOP senator tells union leader 'shut your mouth' in heated exchange over union intimidation

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma told a witness to “shut your mouth” during a heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The witness, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien, went toe-to-toe with Mullin at the hearing before the Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee. The panel’s chairman, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, had to intervene multip…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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