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Obama looks to Teamsters for Pennsylvania win

Sen. Barack Obama, trying for an upset in Pennsylvania's pivotal April 22 primary, is hoping the Teamsters Union can help him reel in the state's huge blue-collar vote.

Teamsters endorse Obama for president

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, officially endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday.

Labor's political illusion

The bolt in Chicago Monday from the AFL-CIO by the Teamsters and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reflects a long-building reaction to John Sweeney's plans a decade ago when he muscled his way into the labor federation presidency.

The rise of Hoffa

The barons of the American labor movement gathered January 10 at the AFL-CIO fortress across Lafayette Park from the White House, with doors closed to the public as usual. The AFL-CIO Executive Committee's agenda prepared by President John Sweeney allotted 30 minutes for reform of the labor federation. But James P. Hoffa of the Teamsters insisted much more time was needed to debate badly needed changes.

Labor pains

Gerald W. McEntee, president of the 1.5 million member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) is the kind of guy who could single-handedly give opportunism a bad name.

Fortune: Do the Teamsters Still Matter? JAMES P. HOFFA'S DIMINISHED INHERITANCE

Many of the Teamsters who packed the lobby restaurant at the Sheraton National in Arlington, Va., for Jim Hoffa's victory party were drunk--on cold Budweisers, mainly, but also on nostalgia. The de...

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