History
Women on Front Lines of Early Teamster Reform
Before TDU won the right for direct elections of delegates, women and minorities hardly ever made it to the floor of the Teamster Convention. The Right to Vote helped that situation.
( categories: Convoy 233 March 2006 | History )
A History of Our Rights: Changes in the IBT Constitution 1940-2006
Every five years, our Teamsters Union holds an International Convention. The convention nominates candidates for International officers.
( categories: History )
Fighting for Change at Teamster Conventions Past and Present
On June 25 some 1,700 delegates and several hundred alternates will assemble at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas for the 27th Convention of the Teamsters Union.
( categories: Convoy 234 April/May 2006 | History )
Take the Teamster History Quiz
1. How soon after the formation of the IBT did reformers challenge an incumbent president?
___Two years ___Twenty-eight years ___Fifty-four years ___Eighty-eight years
( categories: Convoy 233 March 2006 | History )
Corruption and the Fall of Jimmy Hoffa: An Inside Story from the Man Who Claims He Killed Hoffa
Review: "I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank 'the Irishman' Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters, and the Final Ride of Jimmy Hoffa.
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Celebrating History in Minneapolis
On July 24th, Minnesota unionists and other social justice activists held a day-long celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike.
( categories: History )
