The Hoffa Campaign, along with Ken Hall, Rome Aloise and Tyson Johnson, were found guilty by the Election Supervisor of attempting to bribe Teamster leaders out of running against them in the last election by offering them lucrative positions on the International Union payroll. To their credit, Fred Zuckerman, Henry Perry and Frank Gallegos turned down the bribes. CHECK THE FACTS: 2011 ESD 73, January 20, 2011.
The International Union is taking legal action to block a UPS buyout that management is trying to use to reduce the number of Teamster jobs at UPS, starting with the highest-paid drivers.
Nurses at two hospital systems are voting on tentative agreements after the longest and largest nurses’ strike in New York City history. 15,000 nurses went on strike for four weeks to fight for safe staffing, protections against workplace violence, and to defend their own healthcare benefits.
