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Progressives sweep Teamsters election − time to organize!
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 5091660" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.workers.org/2021/12/60444/" target="_blank"><strong>Progressives sweep Teamsters election − time to organize! - Workers World</strong></a></p><p></p><p>In a major setback for top-down, corporate-model business unionism, Teamsters United candidate Sean O’Brien defeated Steve Vairma — the chosen successor to Teamsters President James Hoffa Jr. — by a two-to-one margin. The results were announced Nov. 18, with Fred Z, Teamsters United candidate for Secretary-Treasurer, and the entire “OZ” slate sweeping the elections for International officers.</p><p></p><p>This was the first win since 1996 by a candidate for union president backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union. After militant, anti-corruption leader Ron Carey won reelection to a second term that year, he went on to lead the successful UPS strike a year later. The strike pushed back attempts by UPS management to expand the lower-paid, part-time workforce.</p><p></p><p>O’Brien, like the late Carey, is not a TDU member, but TDU supported the OZ slate as part of the broader Teamsters United effort. The president and the rest of the General Executive Board are directly elected by the rank and file.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 5091660, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.workers.org/2021/12/60444/'][B]Progressives sweep Teamsters election − time to organize! - Workers World[/B][/URL] In a major setback for top-down, corporate-model business unionism, Teamsters United candidate Sean O’Brien defeated Steve Vairma — the chosen successor to Teamsters President James Hoffa Jr. — by a two-to-one margin. The results were announced Nov. 18, with Fred Z, Teamsters United candidate for Secretary-Treasurer, and the entire “OZ” slate sweeping the elections for International officers. This was the first win since 1996 by a candidate for union president backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union. After militant, anti-corruption leader Ron Carey won reelection to a second term that year, he went on to lead the successful UPS strike a year later. The strike pushed back attempts by UPS management to expand the lower-paid, part-time workforce. O’Brien, like the late Carey, is not a TDU member, but TDU supported the OZ slate as part of the broader Teamsters United effort. The president and the rest of the General Executive Board are directly elected by the rank and file. [/QUOTE]
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