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A Victory in Las Vegas: Teamster Reformers Win Ballot Status for Sandy Pope
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 854943" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/early030711.html" target="_blank"><strong>A Victory in Las Vegas: Teamster Reformers Win Ballot Status for Sandy Pope - Monthly Review</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/early030711.html" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a></p><p>Behind every good man, one finds a good woman, or so we're told. In this year's contest for the Teamster presidency, that traditional gender-based relationship has been reversed -- at least in Sandy Pope's campaign. In Las Vegas last Thursday night, it was a small band of good men (plus a handful of their union sisters) who rallied successfully behind a very unusual woman, one of only sixteen women who currently serve as Teamster local leaders. As a result of their efforts, Pope -- the candidate backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) -- made it into the next stage of a three-way race that culminates in a referendum vote this fall.</p><p></p><p>Nominated along with Pope, president of Local 805 in New York City, was fellow opposition candidate Fred Gegare, a Teamster regional leader from Wisconsin, who also garnered about 9% of the 1,600 Teamster convention delegates. (Five percent was the minimum required for nomination.) Current IBT president James P. Hoffa and his slate, which includes UPS contract negotiator hall for Secretary-Treasurer, received 82% of the vote at a meeting completely dominated and controlled by the incumbent leadership. Hoffa-Hall supporters worked throughout the week to prevent any other candidates from qualifying for the ballot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 854943, member: 1"] [URL="http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/early030711.html"][B]A Victory in Las Vegas: Teamster Reformers Win Ballot Status for Sandy Pope - Monthly Review [/B][/URL] Behind every good man, one finds a good woman, or so we're told. In this year's contest for the Teamster presidency, that traditional gender-based relationship has been reversed -- at least in Sandy Pope's campaign. In Las Vegas last Thursday night, it was a small band of good men (plus a handful of their union sisters) who rallied successfully behind a very unusual woman, one of only sixteen women who currently serve as Teamster local leaders. As a result of their efforts, Pope -- the candidate backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) -- made it into the next stage of a three-way race that culminates in a referendum vote this fall. Nominated along with Pope, president of Local 805 in New York City, was fellow opposition candidate Fred Gegare, a Teamster regional leader from Wisconsin, who also garnered about 9% of the 1,600 Teamster convention delegates. (Five percent was the minimum required for nomination.) Current IBT president James P. Hoffa and his slate, which includes UPS contract negotiator hall for Secretary-Treasurer, received 82% of the vote at a meeting completely dominated and controlled by the incumbent leadership. Hoffa-Hall supporters worked throughout the week to prevent any other candidates from qualifying for the ballot. [/QUOTE]
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