Ken Paff Labor Notes July 17, 2014 View the original piece Facing fresh member dissatisfaction, Teamster President James Hoffa and his Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall are headed to court to try to make contested Teamster elections a thing of the past. Whether they succeed will determine the future of one of North America’s most powerful unions. Will it continue to manage decline and concessions, or tap the power of organized transport and distribution workers to reverse...

June 13, 2014: The next International Union election will be held in 2016. What will it take to elect new Teamster leadership? Two years from now, the IBT Convention will be held in Las Vegas to nominate candidates for General President and all 28 International officers. Will there be reform delegates from your local union? Who will be nominated there? What will it take to win and how can we get started now? The Vote...

June 13, 2014: The Hoffa-Hall administration wants to end your Right to Vote for Teamster President and other International officers.   The IBT has made a submission to Judge Loretta Preska to end the 1989 Consent Order, a court-approved agreement signed by the IBT, which guarantees all Teamsters the right to vote for IBT officers, with an impartial election supervisor, and fair rules.   The Hoffa administration says they would still honor our right to...