The IBT General Executive Board (GEB) has approved the recommendation by James Hoffa to appoint Tony Andrews as International VP for the Western Region, over the dissent of president-elect Sean O’Brien and nearly half of the GEB members.

O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United didn’t mince words about the choice in the election. They told members if they liked the union’s direction under Hoffa to vote for Vairma and challenged members who want to fight the employers to vote Teamsters United. The result was a two-to-one rout. Here are five ways to turn the election victory into member engagement and union power.

Discussion about voter participation has focused on how to improve turnout and member engagement. One starting point in that discussion is to look at how and why one slate did almost twice as well at turnout—and that fact helps explain the blow-out vote margin in the Teamsters United slate to victory.

O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United has swept the International Union election by a more than two-to-one margin. Check out must-see videos of the grassroots organizing that helped pave the way and Sean O’Brien’s message to TDU and corporate America. 

Teamsters United is far ahead in the Western Region as the count there nears the end. The results cap a clean sweep by all 24 OZ Teamsters United candidates.

The O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United Slate swept the Eastern Region with 75% of the vote.

The International Union election is run by an independent Election Supervisor. Both slates have faith in the process, because it is fair, impartial and transparent. How did we get this system?

A Bloomberg Business Week profiles Sean O'Brien as part of a younger breed of labor leaders determined to stake out a more confrontational position with employers. 

If you want OZ-Teamsters United to win the election, don’t fall for these four myths.

The ballots are out and we’re on the verge of making history. Here are five things you can do right now to get out the vote.