The Teamsters labor union is overjoyed at President Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs on films produced overseas, applauding it Monday as a “strong step” toward “reining in the studios’ un-American addiction to outsourcing our members’ work.”
In a joint statement, International Brotherhood of Teamsters general president Sean O’Brien and motion picture division leader Lindsay Dougherty said the Trump initiative is a “strong step toward finally reining in the studios’ un-American addiction to outsourcing our members’ work.”
The public declaration of support from the historically pro-Democrat union came barely 24-hours after Trump took a pro-labor step and said he wanted to apply a “100% tariff” on “any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands,” as Breitbart News reported.