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The Hoffa era is over, and the Teamsters are ready to fight
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 5079204" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://therealnews.com/the-hoffa-era-is-over-and-the-teamsters-are-ready-to-fight" target="_blank"><strong>The Hoffa era is over, and the Teamsters are ready to fight - The Real News</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The International Brotherhood of Teamsters just held a pivotal leadership election that will set a new course for one of the most storied unions in existence. The election officially marked the end of the Hoffa era—James P. Hoffa, son of Jimmy Hoffa, retired as Teamsters General President. In a major shift that will have significant ripple effects within the Teamsters and the labor movement writ large, members elected the Teamsters United reform slate headed by incoming president and Hoffa critic Sean O’Brien. As journalist Indigo Olivier <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/teamsters-united-democratic-union-ibt-election" target="_blank">wrote for <em>Jacobin</em></a>, “With 1.4 million members, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) election results have implications not just for the massive upcoming United Parcel Service (UPS) contract, but for <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/09/organizing-amazon-union-teamsters-logistics-warehouse-shipping-labor-movement" target="_blank">organizing Amazon</a> and pushing <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/06/pro-act-collective-bargaining-labor-law-legislation" target="_blank">labor-friendly legislation</a> like the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The election marks the first time that a coalition backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/teamsters-tdu-convention-reform-amazon-election-ups" target="_blank">rank-and-file reform caucus</a>, will head the union since former IBT president Ron Carey was removed from office on <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/10/ron-carey-teamsters-union-labor-tdu" target="_blank">false corruption charges</a> in 1997.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 5079204, member: 1"] [URL='https://therealnews.com/the-hoffa-era-is-over-and-the-teamsters-are-ready-to-fight'][B]The Hoffa era is over, and the Teamsters are ready to fight - The Real News[/B][/URL] The International Brotherhood of Teamsters just held a pivotal leadership election that will set a new course for one of the most storied unions in existence. The election officially marked the end of the Hoffa era—James P. Hoffa, son of Jimmy Hoffa, retired as Teamsters General President. In a major shift that will have significant ripple effects within the Teamsters and the labor movement writ large, members elected the Teamsters United reform slate headed by incoming president and Hoffa critic Sean O’Brien. As journalist Indigo Olivier [URL='https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/teamsters-united-democratic-union-ibt-election']wrote for [I]Jacobin[/I][/URL], “With 1.4 million members, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) election results have implications not just for the massive upcoming United Parcel Service (UPS) contract, but for [URL='https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/09/organizing-amazon-union-teamsters-logistics-warehouse-shipping-labor-movement']organizing Amazon[/URL] and pushing [URL='https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/06/pro-act-collective-bargaining-labor-law-legislation']labor-friendly legislation[/URL] like the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The election marks the first time that a coalition backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a [URL='https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/teamsters-tdu-convention-reform-amazon-election-ups']rank-and-file reform caucus[/URL], will head the union since former IBT president Ron Carey was removed from office on [URL='https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/10/ron-carey-teamsters-union-labor-tdu']false corruption charges[/URL] in 1997.” [/QUOTE]
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