Hoffa’s original running mate Bill Hogan, Jr. was banned from our union by the IRB after he was caught engineering a sweetheart deal with a nonunion temp agency to undercut Teamster convention workers. The scheme would have slashed wages to $8 and eliminated all benefits. CHECK THE FACTS: Independent Review Board Decision barring Billy Hogan and Dane Passo, May 20, 2002 and decision of Judge Loretta Preska, August 22, 2003.
By TDU Co-Chair Frank Halstead
TDU members have participated in every single Teamster International Officer election. We know what it takes to run a serious opposition campaign. The Fearless Slate has failed every test. They don’t deserve our support.
Six hundred Teamsters Local 96 members at Washington Gas have won a new contract with record wage increases of 18 percent after mobilizing a contract campaign. The victory came after members voted by 98.2 percent to authorize a strike at the natural gas utility that serves Washington D.C. and surrounding areas.
