Can 40 Year Teamsters Call Themselves Teamsters? by Tom Leedham, Tim Sylvester, Bill Zimmerman CounterPunch, Feb. 22 https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/22/can-40-year-teamsters-call-themselves-teamsters/ . . . Teamsterlink was the first to report on the reaction to President O’Brien’s trip to Mar-a-Lago and the subsequent $45,000 (the maximum allowable) contribution to the RNC. Teamsterlink members reported on the dozens of staffers (reports of up to 180 people) fired on day one of the new administration by email with no warning, no severance and healthcare cut immediately. ... . . . ... Teamsters for a Democratic Union, once considered the watchdog is now the propaganda wing of the O’Brien IBT. Ignoring any controversies and apologizing for everything from O’Brien’s “mistake” in taking credit for 206,000 nonexistent new members to justifying the $2.9 million settlement of a racial discrimination case involving 13 fired organizers of color. ... . . .
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