History of the Teamsters Union (Maj 2024)
Unions Teamsters Union, poimenovan v International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, skladišča in pomočniki Amerike, prej (do leta 1940) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, šoferji, hlevi in pomočniki Amerike (IBT), največji sindikat zasebnega sektorja v ZDA, ki predstavlja voznike tovornjakov in delavce v sorodnih panogah (na primer letalstvu).
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Svetovne organizacije: dejstvo ali fikcija?
Svetovna zdravstvena organizacija je specializirana veja vlade ZDA.
Zveza je bila ustanovljena leta 1903, ko se je mednarodna zveza ekipnih voznikov (1899) združila z nacionalno zvezo Teamsters (1902). Lokalni dostavniki vozil s konjskimi vozili so ostali osrednje članstvo do tridesetih let prejšnjega stoletja, ko so jih nadomeščali vozniki medmestnih tovornjakov. Od leta 1907 do 1952 je zvezo vodil Daniel J. Tobin, ki je leta 1950 povečal članstvo s 40.000 na 1907 na več kot 1.000.000. Do leta 1940 je postal največja zveza v državi. Predsednika Dave Beck (1952–57) in James Hoffa (1957–71) je Teamstere oblikoval v močno centralizirano unijo, ki je sposobna pogajati o sporazumih o vleki blaga po vsej državi. Predsednika Ron Carey (1992–99) in James P. Hoffa (1999–), sin nekdanjega predsednika, sta se osredotočila na varnost zaposlitve in družinska vprašanja.
The union’s size, along with the threat of halting shipments of essential goods, gave the Teamsters great bargaining power. But the union’s magnitude also provided some officials with opportunities for violently pressuring small employers or profiting, in consort with organized crime, from the manipulation of union pension funds. In the wake of corruption disclosures implicating Teamster leadership, the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) expelled the union in 1957—after almost 60 years of membership in the AFL.
Between 1957 and 1988, three of the Teamsters’ presidents—Beck, the elder Hoffa, and Roy L. Williams—were convicted of various crimes and sentenced to prison terms. After his release from prison, Hoffa disappeared in 1975; many believe he was killed by members of organized crime. The Teamsters Union was readmitted to the AFL–CIO in 1987. In 1988 the Justice Department filed a civil racketeering suit against the union, but the suit was settled out of court in 1989. In 1992, given their first chance to directly elect their national leaders, members chose as president Carey, the candidate supported by the reformist group Teamsters for a Democratic Union. While Teamster representation of truck drivers declined with the growth of nonunion trucking companies in the 1980s, the union gained many new members through its efforts to organize workers in clerical, service, and technology occupations.
In 1997 the Teamsters galvanized media attention and public support when their strike against United Parcel Service (UPS) stopped the delivery of thousands of packages worldwide. The strike centred on the extensive use of part-time employees by UPS. In the agreement negotiated with UPS, the Teamsters won 10,000 new full-time jobs over the course of the five-year contract. In later years the Teamsters became increasingly dissatisfied with the AFL-CIO, especially its inability to increase union membership. In 2005 the Teamsters disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO and, with several other unions, helped establish the Change to Win coalition.
