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  • Teamster elections: inspiration from the ground up

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    The fifth supervised Teamster election under a federal consent decree ended on November 18th, 2006 with the Hoffa slate declared the victors. They were challenged by an opposition slate led by Portland Oregon Local 206 secretary treasurer Tom Leedham and New York City Local 805 president Sandy Pope, and endorsed by the Teamster reform caucus, Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU).

  • Railroad workers on right track for unity

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    Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) adopted three amendments to their union constitution providing for the direct election of national officers by the membership. Previously, officers were elected by convention delegates. The three measures were adopted by votes of around 4,500 to 2,500 in a membership referendum. The BLET is now affiliated to the Teamsters as a national division.

  • Locomotive Engineers: suspect referendum blocked by federal court and AAA stumbles on election rules.

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    by Carl Biers

  • Rail Workers United off to a highballing start

    Railroad workers in the United States are scattered among many unions. Railroad Workers United, a new alliance of rail workers, reaches across unions, craft lines, and employing rail lines to introduce the spirit of unity. It is not still another union but a movement which advocates common action by those unions that already bargain for rail workers. Under its ambitious watchword: "Unity-Solidarity-Democracy: the Rank and File in Action," RWU embarks on its own campaigns in their general interests.

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