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Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is a grassroots rank and file organization whose goal is to reform the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), or Teamsters Union. The organization has chapters nationwide in the United States and Canada.
It was initially called Teamsters for a Decent Contract (TDC), since it was organized around mobilizing for the 1976 National Master Freight Agreement negotiations. At their founding convention at Kent State University outside of Cleveland in September 1976, TDC formally changed their name to Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU). [8] [9]
A potential endorsement from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in the 2024 race remains an open question following this week’s Democratic convention. The Teamsters union said it has ...
The Teamsters broke with the union tradition of backing Democrats on Wednesday. Here's a look at how it is different from other major unions. Why the Teamsters didn't endorse Kamala Harris or ...
Although Teamsters has typically backed Democratic presidential nominees, the union has endorsed its share of Republicans, including presidents George H.W. Bush in 1988, Ronald Reagan in both 1980 ...
He was a co-founder of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) and has written extensively on worker rights in the United States and Mexico. He is a member of the socialist organization Solidarity, which describes itself as "a democratic, revolutionary socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization," [1] which comes out of the Trotskyist tradition.
The Teamsters union, which also has affiliates in Canada and Puerto Rico, was created in 1903 by the merger of driver associations and now have more than a million members.
Pete Camarata (born September 7, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan died February 9 2014.) was a Teamster labor activist and one of the founders of Teamsters for a Democratic Union a rank-and-file union democracy movement organizing to reform the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), or Teamsters.