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Top Issues General President James P. Hoffa The Kind of Change That Working Families Believe In The change we worked so hard for is already starting to happen. During his Oval Office meeting with President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama urged immediate help for the troubled auto industry. I took it as a strong sign that our new president cares – a great deal – about jobs. That’s why the Teamsters put more boots on the ground to elect Obama than we ever have. We were convinced that Obama understands the fundamental importance of good jobs. Video Hoffa Speaks on the Election and Workers' Rights on CNBC Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa discusses how electing Barack Obama as president would help improve the national economy and strengthen the rights of American workers with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo. More Video Blogwatch Jeff the Trucker is a Better Symbol of America's Workers Forget Joe the Plumber. One of America's real working class heroes is Jeff the truck driver, who has been on the picket lines, fighting for good health care and making sure he has something to walk away with when he retires from his grueling job at Oak Harbor after 14 years. Jeff was recently hit on the picket line by a replacement worker who then drove away. > View All Posts News HeadLine News11/21 Waste News: Teamsters, Groups Question Industry Pricing PracticesTeamsters and a pair of consumer groups are raising concerns about what they allege are "questionable pricing practices" in the ... HeadLine News11/19 UPS Freight UpdateOn November 17, a first contract covering more than 750 UPS Freight drivers and dockworkers nationwide was ratified by a ... Press Release11/20 Atlas Air, Polar Air Cargo Dispatchers Seek to Join TeamstersDispatchers for Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo are seeking to be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the ... HeadLine News11/20 Teamsters Continue Strike Against Oak Harbor FreightWorkers at Oak Harbor Freight Lines have been on strike since September 22. We are now asking consumers to be ... Press Release11/20 Consumer Groups, Teamsters Call for Thorough Consumer Protection in Republic Services-Allied Waste MergerThe National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), Consumer Action and the Teamsters Union are calling on federal and state regulators ... View All 2008 News and Press Releases Get teamster.org via RSS What is RSS? Tell Your Legislators to Hold the Line on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement Find Out What You Can Do! Be One in a Million Voices Calling for Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act! Sign the Petition! Join the Teamsters Who we are Our 1.4 million members fill virtually every job, from airline pilots to zookeepers. Learn more about who we represent. Why The Teamsters With North America's Most Powerful Union behind you, you'll have the strength to negotiate better wages, health and retirement benefits. Get Started Contacting a Teamster organizer is your first step in forming a union with your co-workers. Complete our online form.

Top Issues

General President James P. Hoffa

The Kind of Change That Working Families Believe In

The change we worked so hard for is already starting to happen.

During his Oval Office meeting with President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama urged immediate help for the troubled auto industry. I took it as a strong sign that our new president cares – a great deal – about jobs.

That’s why the Teamsters put more boots on the ground to elect Obama than we ever have. We were convinced that Obama understands the fundamental importance of good jobs.

Video

Hoffa Speaks on the Election and Workers' Rights on CNBC

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa discusses how electing Barack Obama as president would help improve the national economy and strengthen the rights of American workers with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo.

Blogwatch

Don't Harbor Oak Harbor's Retiree Abuses

Jeff the Trucker is a Better Symbol of America's Workers

Forget Joe the Plumber. One of America's real working class heroes is Jeff the truck driver, who has been on the picket lines, fighting for good health care and making sure he has something to walk away with when he retires from his grueling job at Oak Harbor after 14 years. Jeff was recently hit on the picket line by a replacement worker who then drove away.

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News

HeadLine News11/21 Waste News: Teamsters, Groups Question Industry Pricing PracticesTeamsters and a pair of consumer groups are raising concerns about what they allege are "questionable pricing practices" in the ...
HeadLine News11/19 UPS Freight UpdateOn November 17, a first contract covering more than 750 UPS Freight drivers and dockworkers nationwide was ratified by a ...
Press Release11/20 Atlas Air, Polar Air Cargo Dispatchers Seek to Join TeamstersDispatchers for Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo are seeking to be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the ...
HeadLine News11/20 Teamsters Continue Strike Against Oak Harbor FreightWorkers at Oak Harbor Freight Lines have been on strike since September 22. We are now asking consumers to be ...
Press Release11/20 Consumer Groups, Teamsters Call for Thorough Consumer Protection in Republic Services-Allied Waste MergerThe National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), Consumer Action and the Teamsters Union are calling on federal and state regulators ...

View All 2008 News and Press Releases

Tell Your Legislators to Hold the Line on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement

Find Out What You Can Do!

Be One in a Million Voices Calling for Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act!

Sign the Petition!

Join the Teamsters

Who we are Our 1.4 million members fill virtually every job, from airline pilots to zookeepers. Learn more about who we represent.
Why The Teamsters With North America's Most Powerful Union behind you, you'll have the strength to negotiate better wages, health and retirement benefits.
Get Started Contacting a Teamster organizer is your first step in forming a union with your co-workers. Complete our online form.

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