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Teamsters Face a Contentious Election

As the AFL-CIO split and workers continue to lose ground, the teamesters face a contentious election.

By David Moberg

For all of his working life, like his father before him, John Thyer, 52, has been a Teamster. As principal officer of his St. Louis-based local union of carhaulers, Thyer supported James P. Hoffa in his winning bid for president in 2001. But as the Teamsters send out mail ballots for top international union officers to 1.4 million members around the… return to article

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