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IBT CONVENTION NEWS

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Starting with a dramatic morning rally of 

over 2,000 Hoffa delegates and alternates,

followed by their march into the Paris

Hotel convention center—“a sea of red vests,”

marveled one observer—yesterday’s convention

proceedings proved our union is UNITED be-hind the Hoffa-Hall slate.

The first session added to this picture of unity,

as committee reports and resolutions were

greeted with roars of approval from delegates

without one voice of opposition. (See excerptsof convention proceedings on opposite page.)

The image of our union on themarch received confirmation when

General President Hoffa reported

the news, from a note passed to

him on the podium, that the Team-

sters had just been announced the

winners in an election contest to

represent 3,100 pilots of Republic

 Airlines.

In keeping with the spirit of the day, dozens of 

delegates then swarmed onto the podium at the

invitation of popular recording artist Tom

Morello, to join him in a round of labor songs.

“We’re on the Move!”

“This first session proves we’re the Number

One union in America,” declared an excited del-

egate from Ohio. “We address the issues, we’re

continuing to organize the unorganized, and

we’re proud of our union leadership.”Convention resolutions passed by the dele-

gates committed the Teamsters toaction fighting the War on Workers,

opposing Right-to-Work (for less)

laws, blocking cross-border trucking

and defending our 200,000-strong

public-sector membership from

budget-cutting attack.

Number 2 • Tuesday, June 27 2011 IBT Convention, Day 2

UNITED

“It was a

 sea of red 

vests!” 

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Talkin’ Union! Excited delegates join Tom Morello in song onconvention podium.

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 Voices From Day One28th International Constitutional Convention

“Thanks to NAFTA,

 and CAFTA, and PNTR,there are a lot of things we used to

 make in Ohio that wedon’t make any-

 more—Etch-a-sketchtoys, number 2 pencils,

 Eveready batteries, Campbell Soup noodles, Amana stoves.

“They call that Free Trade. you know what  I call it? Bad Legislation.”

–Al MixonVice President At-Large

“Mexican Trucks aren’t  safe. Their driversdon’t have to meet the

 same safety standardsthat ours do.

“Now the DOT can listen to us, and to the rest of the American people who don’t want dangerous Mexicantrucks on our highways.

“Or they can listen to the big multinationalsthat want to drive down our wages by opening

the border.“We’ll make sure they listen to us, one

way or the other.”

–Tyson JohnsonVice President, Southern Region

“Now we all know these are tough economic

times. Everywhere you look, people who keep our streets safe and teach our kids are agreeing to cuts in wages and benefits they  know they’ll never get back.

“We agree there needs to be shared  sacrifice. SHARED sacrifice. If you want  a middle class, you

can’t just demand  sacrifice from people in the middle.”

–Gregory FloydPresident, Local 237

“The reason for right to work bills is, pure and simple, to destroy unions.

“It’s the same story in all the right-to-work states. Wages are 15 percent lower 

 for all workers in right-to-work states. 21 percent more workers don’t have health insurance.

“They spend $2,000 a year less on K-12education. Workers

 are 50 percent more likely to die on the job.

–Jim Kabell,President, Missouri-

Kansas-Nebraska

Conference of 

Teamsters