Members Turn Out More Votes
October 20, 2011: 122,810 ballots have been returned in the election for Teamster President. And more are coming in every day. You can download the new leaflet from the Sandy Pope campaign that thanks members for voting—and reminds members who haven’t voted to send in their ballots. Sandy Pope is still on the campaign trail, meeting with Teamsters in southern New Jersey this morning. And across the country, members are still getting out the vote....
Locked-out Teamsters Joined by Wall Street Protestors
October 19, 2011: Locked-out Teamster art-handlers get support from Jesse Jackson, actress Susan Sarandon, and a bus-load of Occupy Wall Street protestors. Sarandon learned about the lock-out when she went to purchase art and refused to cross the picket line. She has encouraged other celebrities not to cross the line and to support the Teamster art handlers. Yesterday, she joined a bus-load of Occupy Wall St. protestors and Local 814 Teamsters at a rally at...
Are you one of the 104,584?
October 19, 2011: 104,584. That’s the number of ballots received as of October 18 by the Election Supervisor. That is 7.8% of all eligible Teamsters. And that’s typical. In the 2006 election for Teamster President, two out of three votes were returned after the first week. Sure, some ballots are in the mail and on their way. But hundreds of thousands of ballots are still sitting on kitchen tables. (A detailed chart listing returns by...
UPS Grievance Decisions
October 13, 2011: The decisions from the UPS National Grievance Panel are now available. So is the new schedule of golf resort meetings set by Hoffa and Hall. The decisions from the September UPS National Grievance Panel are now available from TDU. Incredibly, these are the first grievance decisions to be issued by the panel in a year. You read that right. Despite runaway contract violations by UPS nationwide, the national grievance panel issued no...
What To Do If You Did Not Get A Ballot
October 12, 2011: If you did not get your ballot yet, call the Election Supervisor to request a replacement ballot at 877-317-2011. Ballots were mailed on Oct. 6. The Election Supervisor is now accepting calls from Teamsters who want a replacement ballot. If you made a mistake marking your ballot or want to change your vote, call today and request a replacement ballot. The replacement ballot hotline is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m....
Teamsters are Out Campaigning for Sandy Pope!
October 7, 2011: Teamsters are turning out the vote for Sandy, and for real change in our union. They're at the terminal and plant gates, making phone calls, sending texts, wearing their Sandy Pope gear, and talking Teamster to Teamster. In St. Louis, Hoffa showed his true colors when he appeared—appropriately—in a chicken suit, as Teamsters leafleted with sample ballots for Sandy Pope. A few tried to choke him, but most were simply eager to...
The Power Is in Your Hands
October 6, 2011: Ballots mail out today to elect the next Teamster General President. Sandy Pope is the only candidate who can beat Hoffa and lead our union in a new direction. How to Vote for Sandy Pope Here’s how to cast your ballot for Sandy Pope: Mark your ballot for the Independent Candidate, Sandy Pope. If you mark any slate oval you will cancel out your vote for Sandy Pope. If you do not...
97 percent of BLET members authorize strike
October 6, 2011: An overwhelming 97 percent majority of BLET members have voted to authorize a strike when a mandatory 30-day cooling off period under the Railway Labor Act comes to an end later this week. Locomotive engineers would walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 7, 2011, unless President Obama intervenes and appoints a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB). A PEB would halt any strike or lockout by the parties,...
How Many Votes Do We Need to Win?
September 28, 2011: How many votes will it take to beat Hoffa and elect Sandy Pope? 150,000. We know the support is out there. Unfortunately, many Teamsters don’t bother to vote. That means the side that does turn out its vote, wins. Click here to read more at Sandy Pope's Campaign website.
Hoffa Campaign Funded by Your Dues
September 22, 2011: The Hoffa administration is using members' dues money to pay for its reelection efforts. Protests have been filed with the Election Supervisor. But the best protection against Hoffa’s dues rip-off is a strong rank-and-file campaign to get out the vote for Sandy Pope. The Hoffa administration announced plans to use members' dues to pay a mailing to every Teamster member to vote in the election. The mailing doesn’t say that voting is...