First Read (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
From NBC's Abby LivingstonThe first democratically elected leader of the Teamsters died yesterday at age 72 in New York City. Ron Carey was first elected to head the Teamsters in 1991 on a vow to end mob control. In his re-election bid in 1996, he narrowly defeated James Hoffa, Jr. However, in 1998, a court-appointed review board expelled Carey from the Teamsters, concluding, according...
Pundita (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Given that Andy Stern and James Hoffa have been doing kowtow to China's government, Pundita's ears perked when I heard today that Gov. Blagojevich tried to strike an unsavory deal with Stern's SEIU. For readers who are trying to fathom how U.S. labor unions got involved with the CCP, see Steve Diamond's April 25, 2008 On "democratic" centralism: Stern's illusion and democracy's nightmare...
Detroit News (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
With a goal of $1.4 million hopefully to be reached before the New Year, many of the state's best know businesspeople and political figures gathered to help kick off the season of giving. The head table was crowded with some of the most familiar names in southeastern Michigan, including: U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Mich. Lt. Gov. John Cherry, Teamsters International President James Hoffa...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The Clean Trucks program has brought about an alliance between union leaders and activists in an attempt to clean up the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. But some truck drivers are unhappy about the "If we are to prosper as a nation," Teamsters head James Hoffa Jr., told union members in Oakland in July, "our future lies in a green economy."
