History

Women on Front Lines of Early Teamster Reform

admin — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:09:01 -0600

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.

35 Years of TDU: 1976 The Teamster Reform Movement Is Born

TDU — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:02:58 -0500

July 15, 2011: In 1976 our Teamsters Union was in big trouble. For years, top leaders allowed organized crime to infiltrate the highest levels of the union. The mob was raiding the Central States Pension Fund to build Las Vegas casinos. The members were shut out.

35 Years of TDU: 1997 Members Say ‘Part-Time America won’t Work!’

TDU — Fri, 20 May 2011 16:26:35 -0500

May 20, 2011: In 1997, Teamster members and leaders beat UPS in a two week strike—the biggest victory for labor in the past three decades.

1989: Teamsters Win Right to Vote for Top Office

TDU — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:31:08 -0600

When TDU was founded in 1976, Teamster members didn’t have the right to vote for top officers and the union was controlled by organized crime.

Martin Luther King Fought for Justice for All Workers

TDU — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:40:50 -0600

January 14, 2011: We celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, because of his leadership in the nonviolent movement for civil rights for all Americans.

Candlelight March to Save Collective Bargaining to Highlight King Day Celebration

TDU — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:55:59 -0600

January 13, 2011: More than 400 union and civil rights activists will march to Cincinnati’s City Hall Jan. 14 to condemn the plan recently elected Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) has to strip Ohio child care and home health care workers of their right to bargain for a better life.

A History of Our Rights: Changes in the IBT Constitution 1940-2006

TDU — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:52:02 -0500

Every five years, our Teamsters Union holds an International Convention. The convention nominates candidates for International officers.

Fighting for Change at Teamster Conventions Past and Present

admin — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:16:34 -0500

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.

Take the Teamster History Quiz

admin — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:54:33 -0600

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

Corruption and the Fall of Jimmy Hoffa: An Inside Story from the Man Who Claims He Killed Hoffa

TDU — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:02:58 -0600

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.

Celebrating History in Minneapolis

admin — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:57:10 -0600

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.