Basic Strike a Triumph for Teamsters Union
Labor Day Celebration in King City
by Paul Johnston
On this Labor Day, 700 union families are celebrating an end to a grueling
two-year strike against Basic Vegetable Products and the ConAgra corporation
in King City, California. The strike
I know that this e-mail will create some controversy, but I think that it is
a political issue that needs a full airing.
In the last few weeks on LBO-Talk, someone made a comment, in passing, that
suggested that Hoffa had not been such a bad leader of the Teamsters. I
disagreed, but it didn't
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The report forwarded on the Teamsters was written by Greg Tarpinian of the
Labor Research Association, a group which has been a primary front group of
the Communist Party with regard to its labor movement work. It continues a
pro-Hoffa perspective that the LRA
Speaking of opportunism, Leo, what do you make of Hillary Clinton
endorsing Rudy's position on abolishing the NYC Board of Ed, and
putting the schools under mayoral control? What's the union's
position on this?
Doug
on who is a
Trot, the LRA T are not Commies.
--jks
Why would the CPUSA take a position so contrary to the rank-and-file
movement
in the Teamsters Union? The answer is appallingly simple. The founders and
leaders of Teamsters for a Democratic Union are, for the most part,
Trotskyists, affiliated
I am rushing out the door to go to Washington, DC for an AFT conference, so I
may not do this full justice. The UFT has taken a position, for some time
now, against abolishing the Board of Education and against direct mayoral
control. Our view has historically been that there needs to be some
: [PEN-L:15004] Teamsters, Hoffa
Jr. and Rank Opportunism On The Left
I know that this e-mail
will create some controversy, but I think that it is a political issue
that needs a full airing. In the last few weeks on LBO-Talk, someone
made a comment, in passing, that suggested that Hoffa
Teamsters Enter New Era With 26th Convention (Jul. 9, 2001)
By Greg Tarpinian
from ECONOMIC NOTES
Putting the debacle of its divided 1996 Convention and scandal-plagued 1996 election
behind it, the Teamsters union at its 26th International Convention, held June 25-29
in Las Vegas
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON IMMIGRANT WORKERS
WHEREAS, immigrant workers are among the most exploited and abused in the
workforce, but they possess few of the resources necessary to effectively
advocate for their own rights; and
WHEREAS
NYTImes
October 27, 1999
Manager Fired by Company Supports Teamsters on Strike
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
I n an effort to turn up the pressure during its three-day-old
strike against Overnite Transportation, the teamsters union
deployed an unusual weapon on Tuesday: a former
At 05:50 PM 9/18/99 -0700, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
1. Is Hoffa doing much damage to the Teamsters or is it business as
usual?
I'm not in a position to give an overall assessment, but can note three things.
1. I heard from reliable sources that some of Carey's people were not only fired
trade. I'm still learning.
I wonder what different countries think we're doing wrong and
why China is closed," says Mauriceka Peavy, 17, a Lane Tech
senior.
Members of the virulently anti-trade Teamsters union shadowed
the Commerce chief all day. They staged noisy outdoor
demonstrations
during
I have a favour to ask: can someone with access to the Wall Street Journal
site get the story headlined "Hoffa Operative Used 'Moles", False Identity
To Probe Teamster Foe"? It ran on the front page on Tuesday, December 23.
The story describes how Richard Leebove, onetime Larouchite and more
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
if the teamsters' troubles do not demonstrate the complete bankruptcy of the
afl-cio's junior partnership with the democratic party, what does? can we
imagine anything much worse than this debacle? what a catastrophe for the labor
movement. why didn't
friends,
nobody is talking about boyscouts here, just some pretty sleazy operations. as
to the initiative being carey's we'll have to wait and see what comes out. by
the way, i don't consider the tdu to be a bunch of boyscouts. i was never one
either!
michael yates
.
The reform process in American labor does not begin and end with Ron Carey.
It should be recalled that Teamsters were fighting against corruption,
gangsterism and bureaucracy long before Carey's election. It was this
struggle that resulted in his victory, not just support from a wing of the
Democratic
friends,
if the teamsters' troubles do not demonstrate the complete bankruptcy of the
afl-cio's junior partnership with the democratic party, what does? can we
imagine anything much worse than this debacle? what a catastrophe for the labor
movement. why didn't carey stick with the people
Does anyone out there understand the legal issues in the Teamsters election
scandal? How are union elections supposed to be financed, if not from union
funds? Or is the issue that Carey's team diverted more than they were
supposed to? And where did Hoffa's money come from?
ellen
At 08:52 AM 18/11/1997 -0500, you wrote:
Does anyone out there understand the legal issues in the Teamsters election
scandal? How are union elections supposed to be financed, if not from union
funds? Or is the issue that Carey's team diverted more than they were
supposed to? And where did
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone out there understand the legal issues in the Teamsters election
scandal? How are union elections supposed to be financed, if not from union
funds? Or is the issue that Carey's team diverted more than they were
supposed to? And where did Hoffa's money
The recent International Brotherhood of Teamsters' (IBT) victory over
United Parcel Service is part of a historic struggle to transform the
American trade unions into instruments of class struggle. Back in 1934,
socialists organized a powerful teamsters strike in the mid-west city of
Minneapolis
On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 19:02:15 -0700 (PDT) Max B. Sawicky said:
[...]
That IS should be credited with revival of the
IBT is debatable. They certainly had to help,
like many other lefts within that union. In
fact, on the crucial issue of vanguardism in the
1960's and 1970's, the IS was more right
August 25, 1997
Yearlong Effort Key to Success for Teamsters
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Early on a brisk March morning, 150 brown-suited drivers and loaders
huddled outside the United Parcel Service terminal just off Interstate 80
in New Jersey, chanting: "It's our contract. We'll
Well, isn't this a fine serving of cow pie?
From: Louis N Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:11937] The call for new Teamsters election and Michael Ansara
I guess everybody has heard about the courts ordering a new election for
the office of Teamster president. Cary
Friends,
In additin to the La Botz book reviewed by Louis P., people might want to look
at the books by Farrell Dobbs on the Minneapolis Teamsters revolution in the
1930s.
michael yates
I guess everybody has heard about the courts ordering a new election for
the office of Teamster president. Cary got caught up in some
irregularities as described in this morning's NY Times:
"With heavy restrictions limiting contributions -- a legacy of the effort
to rid the Team
nt to look
at the books by Farrell Dobbs on the Minneapolis Teamsters revolution in the
1930s.
michael yates
the country, had ended after three
months with the proposed three-year-wage hike of $1.10 an hour boosted to
$1.85 over thirty-nine months to bring peace to the trucking industry.
Kindred continued: "I don't have to tell you the 1973 contract was a
disaster." He told the warehouse worker that
From: Institute for Global Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/* Written 7:07 AM Aug 12, 1997 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in
igc:list.publabor */
/* -- "TEAMSTERS STRIKE SONG" -- */
We Can't Live on a Part-time Salary
(Tune: We all live in a yellow
of Coopers Lybrand. Kwasha
Lipton acts as benefits administrator for some
large employers.
So far, these concerns appear to be unfounded.
UPS's 185,000 striking Teamsters still are getting fully-paid health benefits
through
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, James Devine wrote:
It's really clear how biased the media is in favor of UPS: I've never heard
of a strike that's been trumpeted as "a Teamsters' strike" unless it is
literal truckdrivers on strike (and many UPS workers are not). The word
"Teamsters"
From: James Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:11606] "Teamsters" strike double jeopardy
It's really clear how biased the media is in favor of UPS: I've never heard
of a strike that's been trumpeted as "a Teamsters' strike" unless it is
literal tr
It's really clear how biased the media is in favor of UPS: I've never heard
of a strike that's been trumpeted as "a Teamsters' strike" unless it is
literal truckdrivers on strike (and many UPS workers are not). The word
"Teamsters" gets repeated a lot, but not "truck dr
On Sun, August 3, 1997 at 23:25:07 (-0700) Michael Eisenscher writes:
Teamsters UPS Update August 2, 1997
...
UPS, or rather, the owners and management of UPS, has put up an
anti-union bit of propaganda on their web site, called the "Labor
Update"
Teamsters UPS Update July 31, 1997
UPS BACKTRACKS IN CONTRACT TALKS;
STRIKE SET FOR MIDNIGHT THURSDAY UNLESS SITUATION CHANGES
UPS management negotiators backtracked on key issues in contract talks
with the Teamsters Union
Teamsters UPS Update July 28, 1997
Please post and distribute
** Negotiations Update **
NO EXTENSION -- CONTRACT NOW
Our national negotiating committee and UPS's management negotiators
met over the weekend and continued
The Globe and Mail Report on Business March 6, 1997
TEAMSTERS TAKING ANOTHER RUN AT A MCDONALD'S
OUTLET
By Konrad Yakabuski, Quebec Bureau
Employees at a McDonald's restaurant near Montreal hope to succeed
where their forerunners twice failed by asking Quebec's
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