Who is in the teamsters union

Being a Teamster member means that you belong to the strongest and most democratic labor union in the world. For more than years the Teamsters Union has been a leader in setting the standard for higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions for workers throughout the United States and Canada.

The Teamsters Union is strong because of the participation of many of its 1. Teamster members can find a variety of ways to participate to help build a stronger union in the workplace — from supporting coworkers in their struggle for justice or helping with the bargaining process to joining a local union committee or becoming a volunteer organizer.

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Friedman, Allen and Ted Schwarz. Power and Greed Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Local Records. Article Categories. Tobin serves as chairman of the FDR campaign labor division. International Brotherhood of Teamsters reaches 75, members. James R. Hoffa successfully organizes truckers who hauled automobiles out of Detroit and across the country.

Teamsters launch strike in Minneapolis; it lasts for 11 days of violent confrontation with police and National Guard. Convention delegates vote to outlaw membership in the Communist Party for International Brotherhood of Teamsters members. General maritime strike in San Francisco. International Brotherhood of Teamsters supports longshore and warehouse strikers. Hoffa farmed out to Farrell Dobbs in Minneapolis to help organize over-the-road drivers. New York City teamsters strike for hour work week with no reduction in wages, Mayor LaGuardia serves as mediator, Teamsters agree to a hour week.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters establishes a research department David Kaplan, director. October : International Brotherhood of Teamsters launches a campaign to reinstate daily milk deliveries that had been limited to every other day during the war.

Judge George Murphy begins grand jury investigation of James R. Hoffa and the Detroit Teamsters unions. Hoffa as reason for introducing the bill. January : International Brotherhood of Teamsters trade divisions meet to kick-off national organizing drive.

NW, space in the Bowen Building — International Brotherhood of Teamsters' Washington office — is also used; Einar Mohn is transferred from San Francisco to serve as assistant to Beck; national research and statistical division and publicity and promotion division are established, a national legislative division is planned; trade conference and division offices opened in Washington.

Hoffa are called to testify. Hoffa as General President. January : International Brotherhood of Teamsters put into receivership by a federal court and a three-man Board of Monitors is assigned oversight; James R.

Joseph Donohue, and Judge Ira Jayne. Hoffa president by overwhelming vote. Attorney Robert F. Kennedy launches Justice Department campaign against organized crime with James R.

February : Judge Letts rules favorably on International Brotherhood of Teamsters motion seeking new convention. Canadian Over-the-Road Freight Study published.

May : James R. Hoffa indicted on charges of accepting illegal payments from an employer in violation of the Taft Hartley Act Test Fleet case , James R. Hoffa acquitted in December.

June : Canadian Conference disbanded and Canadian locals join US regional conferences bordering their provinces of operation. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Executive Board, General Organizers, Joint Council presidents and representatives of freight locals meet in Washington to formulate plans for a national freight contract in January : James R.

Hoffa signs National Master Freight Agreement. Jury tampering trial begins in Chattanooga, TN. April : James R. Hoffa goes on trial in Chicago for defrauding Central States Pension Fund relating to Sun Valley, FL, real estate development project, receives five year sentence 13 years total.

June : Kroger signs a national contract with International Brotherhood of Teamsters warehouse locals. International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention delegates approve establishment of the James R. Hoffa scholarship program.

Hoffa files new motion with Supreme Court on new evidence, Court decides not to reconsider its decision.