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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, [2] the union now represents a diverse membership of blue- and white-collar workers in both the public and private sectors, totalling about 1.3 million members in 2015. [1]
Allen Dorfman. Allen Melnick Dorfman[2] (January 6, 1923 – January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. He was a close associate of longtime IBT President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with organized crime via the Chicago Outfit.
Jimmy Hoffa. James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971. He is notorious for his alleged ties to organized crime and for his disappearance under ...
185,000 Teamsters. The United Parcel Service strike of 1997, led by International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) President Ron Carey, started on August 4, 1997, and involved over 185,000 Teamsters (IBT members). [1] The strike effectively shut down United Parcel Service (UPS) operations for 15 days [2] and costs UPS hundreds of millions of ...
Jul. 29—The Biden administration and U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen, both D-N.H., announced 72,000 workers and retirees, including 6,000 in New Hampshire, will have their pension ...
Frank Fitzsimmons was born on April 7, 1908, in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, to Irish-American parents, Frank and Ida May Fitzsimmons. [1] His father was a brewer who moved the family to Detroit, Michigan, in 1924 when Frank was 16. [2] His father died of a heart attack when Fitzsimmons was 17 years old, and Frank dropped out of high school to ...
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 ...
Biden must be particularly frustrated by O’Brien’s speech since as president in 2022, he OK’d a $36 billion, one-time bailout of a Teamsters pension fund, warding off pension cuts for ...