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Newspapers Raided: Police Raid New York Newspaper Offices For Union Corruption Probe

AP | COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: El Diario, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, New York Post, Daily News, New York Times, Circulation Offices, Teamsters, Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union, Newspaper Raid, Newspapers Raided, New York News

NEW YORK — Investigators in the city raided offices for some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a corruption probe into a pow...

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Slicing and Dicing at GM and Chrysler

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Tarp, Elizabeth Warren, Congress, Bailout, Chrysler, Gm, Fritz Henderson, Wages, Sergio Marchionne Fiat, Fiat, Carhaul, Teamsters, Thanksgiving, Business News

When it comes to carhaul drivers, automakers are failing to meet their end of the bailout bargain and taxpayers should hold them accountable.

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Teamsters Sue Chicago After Losing Jobs

Chicago Tribune | John Byrne | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Budget Cuts, Teamsters, Chicago Layoffs, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Nearly 80 Teamsters truck drivers are suing the city after losing their jobs this summer as part of Mayor Richard Daley's budget-cutting moves....

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A Message from Whole Foods: Let Them Eat Cake

James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: John Mackey, Whole Foods, Food, Social Responsibilty, Facebook, Teamsters, Taxpayers, Health Care, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Unfi, Business News

John Mackey's irresponsible op-ed will no doubt cost Whole Foods dearly in lost customer loyalty. I just hope Whole Foods recognizes that going it alone isn't a feasible way to run a business or a country.

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Daley Lays Off 431 City Workers After Unions Don't Blink

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Workers, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget, Chicago Union Concessions, Mayor Daley Layoffs, Chicago City Layoffs, Teamsters, Afscme, Chicago News

UPDATE 431 city workers were laid off Wednesday after two unions and the Daley administration were unable to reach an agreement by a 5 p.m. deadline,...

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The Arrogance of FedEx

James P. Hoffa | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Sec, Faa, Fred Smith, Boeing, FedEx Corp, Federal Aviation Administration, Congress, Nlra, Teamsters, Rla, Business News

FedEx CEO Fred Smith is always full of surprises. First, he threatened to pull his Boeing contract if Congress passes a provision of the Federal Aviat...

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Teamsters Threaten To Shut Down Star Tribune

AP | JEFF BAENEN | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Minneapolis Star Tribune, Teamsters Star Tribune, Newspapers, Star Tribune, Teamsters, Minneapolis, Media News

MINNEAPOLIS — The Teamsters union is threatening a strike it says would likely shut down the Star Tribune if the newspaper, which is in bankrupt...

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Can Chinese Condoms Stimulate the Economy?

Bret Caldwell | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Fired, Workers, Africa, Disease, Safe Sex, Us-Agency-for-International-Development, China, Teamsters, Condoms, Buy American, Unfair Trade, Foreign Goods, Business News

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A Secretary of Labor for Workers

James P. Hoffa | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigrant Rights, Minimum Wage, Workers, Hilda Solis, Senator Ted Kennedy, Obama's Cabinet, Department of Labor, Secretary of Labor, Obama, Teamsters, California, Politics News

In 2005, California Congresswoman Hilda Solis contributed $15,000 of her own campaign money to fund a successful movement to raise the minimum wage in California.

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Fix the Roads to Fix the Economy

James P. Hoffa | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Teachers, Taxes, Jobs, President Obama, Amtrak, Airports, Communities, Transit, Obama, Congress, Teamsters, Bailout, Stimulus Bill, Economy, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama wants to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild this country's neglected infrastructure. He's right. It's really a no-brainer.

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The Word on the Street

James P. Hoffa | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Communism, November 4th, Kerry, Swift Boat, Socialism, Radicals, Obama, Mccain, Dukakis, Teamsters, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, 401k, Palin, Fuel Costs, South Carolina, Hoffa, Republican Machine, McCain Smear Campaign, Campaign Ads, Political Ads, Politics News

Rank-and-file teamsters get it. They aren't willing to be swayed by false, irrelevant arguments. They want change. They want ideas. And the fact is -- McCain doesn't have any.

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Don't Be Chicken, Senator McCain

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chicken, Lady Lynn Forester De Rothschild, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, John McCain, Katie Couric, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Teamsters, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Hurricane Gustav RNC, David Letterman, Politics News

Letterman showed a feed of McCain as he was getting made up for his interview with Katie Couric -- and then asked McCain if he needed a ride to the airport.

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Hoffa: Dems Need To Take The Gloves Off, Or Some Union Votes Will Go To McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, John McCain, James Hoffa, Dnc, Joe Biden, Teamsters, Unions, Barack Obama, Politics News

Add James P. Hoffa to the growing list of Obama supporters rooting for tougher attacks against Republicans at the convention tonight. "We've got to st...

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Wal-Mart Plays Fear Factor and Workers Lose

James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: United Food and Commercial Workers, Federal Election Commission, Employee Free Choice Act, Vlad the Impaler, Texas, Canada, Teamsters, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Fec, Politics News

In an effort to push their anti-worker agenda, the corporate behemoth has begun herding its employees into mandatory meetings where the topic is simple and clear -- vote Republican, or else.

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The Straight Talk Express Needs a Teamster at the Wheel

Carl Pope | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Gas Prices, John McCain, Arctic Refuge, Teamsters, Anwar, Offshore Drilling, Green News

Teamster President James P. Hoffa put his union solidly back on the side of the premise that the future of both America's economy and its environment lies in a new, clean economy.

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A Trade Proposal Even the Teamsters Can Support

James P. Hoffa | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Obama NAFTA, Free Trade Agreements, Sherrod Brown, Nafta, Free Trade, Protectionism, Teamsters, Unions, Business News

For the past 15 years, anyone who opposed a so-called "free trade agreement" was labeled a protectionist. And that was the end of the story. The TRADE Act allows us to present an alternative.

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Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Kelly Candaele | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

Read More: United Farm Workers, SEIU Presidential Endorsement, John McCain, Cio, Service Employees International, Seiu, Teamsters, Democrats, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Labor, John L Lewis, Senator McCain, Afl Cio, Maria Elena, American Federation of Labor, Afl, Durazo, Home News

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle.

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