TDU

  • Teamster Election: Why Five More Years for Hoffa?

    Why is James P. Hoffa headed for re-election in the Teamsters this week, despite presiding over a decade of contract concessions and pension cuts?

  • Can Sandy Pope Win 3-Way Teamsters Race?
    Jane Slaughter
    Oct 31 2011 - 4:46pm

    Teamsters are voting for national officers, determining whether the union’s leadership is jolted to life—or remains asleep at the wheel. The race pits James P. Hoffa against a former ally, and against Sandy Pope, a longtime reform leader.

  • Insurgent Pope Nominated for Teamsters President
    Steve Early
    Jul 1 2011 - 11:22am

    Sandy Pope, a Teamster local leader, won nomination for the Teamsters presidency at the union's Vegas convention. Backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union, she made it into the next stage of a three-way race that culminates this fall.

  • Teamsters Reformer Has Votes to Challenge Hoffa
    Jane Slaughter
    Jun 1 2011 - 2:12pm

    The race to lead the Teamsters is on. The first woman candidate to run for president, longtime Teamsters for a Democratic Union leader Sandy Pope, announced in May that she had enough votes to get on November’s ballot.

  • Hoffa Must Pay to Publicize Bribe Attempts
    Jenny Brown
    Apr 5 2011 - 2:18pm

    After six months of investigation, court-appointed election overseers have ordered Teamster President James Hoffa to acknowledge that he attempted to buy election support by offering jobs and pensions.

  • Teamsters Election Supervisor Dings Hoffa for Attempted Bribes
    Jenny Brown
    Jan 26 2011 - 5:42pm

    Teamster officials in the James Hoffa, Jr. administration tried to bribe election opponents into supporting the Hoffa slate, according to the federally appointed supervisor of Teamster elections.

  • Working Under a Teamster Contract, For Less Than Minimum Wage
    Jane Slaughter
    Dec 14 2010 - 9:44am

    Teamster bus attendants in NY have a contract that pays new hires less than minimum wage. Through group grievances, leafleting, and legal action, they’re demanding their rights from the boss—and the union.

  • Election Flyers that Win Votes
    William Johnson, Dan Lutz
    Nov 12 2010 - 9:35am

    When you’re running for local union office, good campaign literature can help you tell members what you stand for and why you should you get their votes. But bad lit can make you look weak, defensive, whiny, unqualified, or all of the above. How do you make the most of your election lit?

  • Reform Teamsters Gather to Back Insurgent Campaign

    “I haven't been this excited since the early 1990s,” said a Teamster at a strategizing session for the Sandy Pope campaign. Pope, a local president in New York, is running against James Hoffa for the Teamsters presidency next year.

  • Building a Team to Win Local Union Office
    William Johnson, Dan Lutz
    Oct 20 2010 - 9:23am

    Are you thinking about running for local union office? If you’re like most candidates, you start by asking “Who can I get to run with me?” It seems like a good question. But it’s the wrong way to start your campaign.