http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/teamsters/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:47:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064984/posts A coalition of consumer, immigrant and civil rights groups warned Tuesday that a Port of Long Beach loan program to help thousands of mostly low-income truck drivers replace old, polluting rigs with newer, cleaner-burning vehicles could plunge the truckers into debt. Port officials counter that the loans are a bargain and that truckers would not be able to afford new rigs without them. But the coalition foresees a wave of "foreclosures on wheels." L.A. Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064984/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:47:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025585/posts Philadelphia - Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said in a federal deposition on Jan. 2, 2002 that if asked under oath about a hypothetical instance of adultery on his part, he might not answer honestly, The Bulletin has learned. Mr. Rendell was then a gubernatorial candidate responding to lawyers for Don and Teri Adams about events that transpired on Oct. 2, 1998, when the brother and sister protested a Philadelphia visit by Bill Clinton in anticipation of the president's impeachment. Members of the Teamsters union assaulted the two that evening. Mr. and Miss Adams received civil recompense for the actions of... The Bulletin (Philadelphia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025585/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025121/posts Philadelphia - A union staffer's 2002 court declaration asserted that current governor and former Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell (D) encouraged Teamsters to pursue assault charges against a nonviolent protester, The Bulletin has learned. Testimony Mr. Rendell offered earlier that year differed markedly from the account. The differing versions emerge from the saga of assault victim Don Adams's arduous legal battles. After the Teamsters agreed in March to settle his almost decade-long civil action, Mr. Adams found the justice he received welcome, if incomplete. Mr. Adams, his sister Teri and about 40 others went to Center City to protest a visit... The Bulletin (Philadelphia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025121/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:45:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018570/posts Believe it or not, The New Republic is doing the "Lord's Work" in exposing the crime syndicate Obama is part of. Read the whole thing despite the obligatory swipe at Bush. The Teamsters in Chicago are continually linked to organized crime--so why is a presidential candidate from that city promising to end federal oversight of the union? The Virginian.The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018570/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 12:12:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014372/posts The Labor Department’s seven-year effort to improve financial reporting and disclosure by unions could come to a screeching halt once President Bush leaves office. Sen. Barack Obama’s support for ending federal oversight of the Teamsters is the clearest indication yet of how a Democratic administration would treat labor unions. Both Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton wooed the Teamsters in hopes of securing its coveted endorsement. But only Obama went so far as to say that government oversight had “run its course.” The union endorsed Obama in February. Since then, Obama’s ties to Teamsters President James P. Hoffa have grown stronger.... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014372/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 12:40:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011816/posts Almost every week, a new damaging story emerges about Barack Obama. Lucky for this wounded "messiah" that his disciples in the mainstream media neglect, until the last possible minute, their duty to investigate these reports. This week, there's a brand-new one, which has surfaced too late to affect the critically important Indiana and North Carolina primaries, but demands scrutiny nonetheless. The Wall Street Journal -- admittedly a mainstream media outlet, save the editorial page -- has started the ball rolling on this one with a May 5 article examining the possible reasons behind the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' endorsement of... davidlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011816/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 05:34:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011481/posts Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement of the Teamsters earlier this year after privately telling the union he supported ending the strict federal oversight imposed to root out corruption, according to officials from the union and the Obama campaign. It's an unusual stance for a presidential candidate. Policy makers have largely treated monitoring of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as a legal matter left to the Justice Department since an independent review board was set up in 1992 to eliminate mob influence in the union. wall st journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011481/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 16:33:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992894/posts What started as a small, online grassroots effort now appears to have the potential for something bigger. Dan Little, the owner/operator of a livestock hauling company in Carrollton, Mo., estimated Tuesday that at least 1,000 other truckers from across the United States have committed so far to joining him in a strike on April 1. At issue is the rising cost of diesel fuel, which has reached or exceeded $4 per gallon in at least 17 states. But Little does not expect his strike to bring down the per-gallon price of gas, nor does he expect to have any effect... Quad City Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992894/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:40:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989643/posts PHILADELPHIA COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUIONAL JUSTICE P.O. 306, Cheltenham, PA 19012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Adams CLINTON PROTESTERS AND TEAMSTERS END TEN YEAR LEGAL BATTLE Philadelphia, PA (March 21, 2008) -- One of the few remaining civil suits stemming from the Clinton-era Lewinsky scandal—involving the vicious beating of two anti-Clinton siblings by pro-Clinton Teamsters outside Philadelphia’s City Hall during a 1998 presidential visit—settled out of court today. The victims, Don Adams and Teri Adams, signed an agreement after Teamsters Local 115 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters opted to pay an undisclosed sum in exchange for dropping the suit, which... Don Adams http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989643/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985040/posts NASHVILLE — A former Nashville police officer/union organizer has been indicted on federal charges in connection with the break-in and illegal surveillance of a Fraternal Order of Police youth camp. Calvin Edward Hullett was indicted on bribery, misappropriation of union funds and other charges. Hullett, who was arrested last July, also has an aggravated burglary charge pending in state court. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Fraternal Order of Police have been engaged in a bitter battle for the representation of Nashville police and Shelby County deputies. In Nashville, the Teamsters took over representation of the police in 2005... AP via KnoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985040/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:49:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983702/posts WASHINGTON – A senator wants Congress' investigative arm to determine whether the Transportation Department has broken the law by spending federal money on a program allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., called for the investigation by the General Accountability Office a few hours after Transportation Secretary Mary Peters warned of economic losses if Mexican trucks are prohibited from driving deep into the U.S. Peters has been fighting in court to prevent the program's end. But Dorgan and others say Congress prohibited spending money on the program last year. “When Congress passes a law that says no... ap on San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983702/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:12:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981527/posts Texas spirit was alive and well at the Navasota DEIS public hearing on Feb. 28. Opposition groups, such as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, came from as far as Washington, D.C. to give recorded testimony, and get a first hand look at TxDOT process procedures. Assistant Director of Communications, Leigh Strope, who attended the meeting on behalf of the 34,000 Texas Teamsters Union members, says, “Teamsters want to stop the dangerous trend of selling our roads and bridges to foreign investors so they can slap tolls on the driving public. We are also concerned because the Trans-Texas Corridor would form... The Navasota Examiner & Grimes County Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981527/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:18:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973524/posts Teamsters Set to Back Obama By Steven Greenhouse In a surprising boost for Senator Barack Obama, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will announce this afternoon that it is endorsing him, a top union leader said. With the Teamsters’ move, labor leaders said, Change to Win, a five-million-member coalition of unions that broke away from the A.F.L.-C.I.O., will likely vote on Thursday to endorse Mr. Obama. The seven unions in that coalition — the service employees, the food and commercial workers, the Teamsters, the carpenters, the laborers the United Farm Workers and Unite Here (which represents hotel, restaurant and apparel workers)... NY Times Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973524/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:04:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973447/posts Union officials say the powerful Teamsters union will endorse Barack Obama. The officials say the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is expected to make an official announcement later Wednesday. Teamster President James P. Hoffa plans to meet with Obama in Austin, Texas, before an announcement is made. AP via BreitBart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973447/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:28:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969293/posts A federal appeals court considered Tuesday whether the Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program that allows a small number of Mexican trucks to travel freely on U.S. highways, despite a new law by Congress against it. Members of the Teamsters Union and their supporters packed a courtroom at 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where an apparently divided three-judge panel heard arguments in the case, which may boil down to the meaning of "establish." Several tractor trailers also were parked outside the courthouse and union members and their supporters carried signs opposing the program, which allows participating... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969293/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:06:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949904/posts Bush Administration Defies New Law by Continuing Pilot Program WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bush administration broke yet another law in continuing to allow long-haul trucks from Mexico to use U.S. highways, according to a letter filed Monday by the Teamsters Union in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Congress passed an omnibus budget, signed into law Dec. 26, that includes a provision banning funds "to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commercial zones." The Bush administration pretends the law doesn't apply to the existing program.... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949904/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:52:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942128/posts WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 --Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today praised Congress for banning funds for the Bush administration's reckless pilot program to let trucks from Mexico travel freely on U.S. highways. The ban was part of the omnibus spending bill that Congress passed Wednesday. The Teamsters opposed the pilot project from the start because of real concerns that trucks from Mexico aren't safe. "Congress just made driving safer in the United States by ensuring that dangerous trucks from Mexico aren't lurching along our highways like unguided missiles," Hoffa said. "We expect the Bush administration to obey the law and put... Sun Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942128/posts#comment Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:43:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935262/posts SAN DIEGO – Saying he was here to fight for the safety of America's roads, Teamsters union General President Jim Hoffa led a rally Wednesday morning at the Otay Mesa border crossing to protest a pilot program that allows long-haul trucking across the U.S.-Mexico border. “The big money boys want to have trucks coming through here that are dangerous,” Hoffa said over cheers from dozens of Teamsters and the roar from Mexican trucks leaving the U.S. inspection station on Enrico Fermi Drive. “Wake up America, fight back,” Hoffa told supporters. The pilot project, which has been up and running since... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935262/posts#comment Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:02:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918552/posts LOS ANGELES—A powerful Hollywood Teamsters branch has told its 4,500 members they can honor picket lines if TV and film writers strike this week. Teamsters Local 399 advised its members in a Web posting late Monday that as a union, it has a legal obligation to honor its contracts with producers. But the local, which represents truck drivers, casting directors and location managers, said the clause does not apply to individuals, who are protected by federal law from employee retribution should they decide to honor picket lines. "As for me as an individual, I will not cross any picket line... AP via CoCoTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918552/posts#comment Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:58:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909553/posts COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE P.O. Box 306, Cheltenham, PA 19012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2007 Contact: Don Adams, ###.###.#### Teamster Beating Victims Appeal Judge’s Order To Pay Union $15 Grand Philadelphia – Two Clinton protesters, viciously beaten up by a group of pro-Clinton teamsters outside Philadelphia’s City Hall during a presidential visit nine years ago, last week appealed a federal judge’s order to pay two teamster unions $15,000.00 in legal costs stemming from an October, 2000 Federal Civil Rights suit. Five members of Teamsters Local 115 eventually pled guilty to criminal assault, conspiracy, and various other charges in the... Committee for Constitutional Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909553/posts#comment Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:32:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1897050/posts Interstate Bakeries threatens to liquidate unless unions grant concessions By JENNIFER MANN The Kansas City Star Bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp. said Thursday it could be forced to liquidate if it is unable to extract major concessions from its 20,000 union workers soon. The assertion, the latest in an escalating labor confrontation, came in the struggling company’s request to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for still more time to exclusively formulate a plan of reorganization. The current deadline is Oct. 5. The Kansas City-based company, once the nation’s largest wholesale baker, sought protection from creditors and time to reorganize the business in... The Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1897050/posts#comment Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:43:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893682/posts While the Minutemen protest, the Teamster try to recruit the Mexican Drivers. Campo Minutemen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893682/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:28:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893345/posts IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA   DON ADAMS, ET AL.,     PLAINTIFFS        v.   TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115, ET AL.,     DEFENDANTS   CIVIL ACTIONNO. 99-CV-4910   JUDGMENT AND NOW, this 4th day of Sept., 2007, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of defendant Teamsters Local 115 and against plaintiffs Don Adams and Theresa Adams in the amount of $450.10.   William H. Yohn, Jr., Judge IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA   DON ADAMS, ET AL.,     PLAINTIFFS        v.   TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115, ET AL.,     DEFENDANTS   CIVIL ACTIONNO. 99-CV-4910  ... U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893345/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 03:11:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893331/posts Telling a women's conference in Houston that the effort is dangerous, leader vows Teamsters will fight funding Calling a new pilot program opening the border to Mexican trucks dangerous, Teamsters President Jim Hoffa said today in Houston the union will lobby to cut its funding. Hoffa said money for the new program came from somewhere and the union will press Congress to stop it. "We can do that," he said. In prepared remarks, the union president said the Bush administration has "sucker-punched" American workers by opening highways to Mexican trucks. Under the year-long pilot program, up to 100 Mexican carriers... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893331/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 02:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892434/posts Mexican trucks are rolling over the U.S. border, freely bound for anywhere in America, and it seems that nothing -- not furious Teamsters nor angry environmentalists, not even Congress -- can stop them. Are the drivers properly licensed and sober or well-rested with the legal amount of down time? Do they speak English or understand U.S. road signs? Will the trucks be carrying illegal immigrants, drugs, terrorists, nuclear or biological weapons or other contraband? Will they belch tons of banned pollutants into America’s air? Will lower-paid Mexican drivers put American truckers out of work? Will the trucks gut the tax... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892434/posts#comment Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:19:47 GMT