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coffeeaddict said:
You are quick to point out about corruption within teamsters, but let's get honest here. Daily, on the news, you hear of elected, appointed officials being brought up on charges. Constantly in the news, someone embezzled millions at this or that company. It's rampant. However, slowly those issues get adressed. To give an implied message that the union is all bad, you are wrong. There is good and bad in all. What fedex has dished out is unfair. To degrade and abuse the workforce is wrong. And it will get worse I'm sure. Ironically they quote overnight tragedy, however, they themselves, are recreating the same scenario. All by their own doing, not ours. I imagine we will see more so called trolls as they do what they feel they must do. All in the name of a valuable employees. I didn't start out a pro union wannabe. .they brought me, and many others, to this point.
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Not implying anything, just posting the facts. You are right corruption and greed is everywhere, it's just a matter of what your willing to over look to win an election. http://www.redstate.com/diary/laborunionreport/2010/03/10/the-teamsters-the-mob-just-when-you-thought-we-were-past-all-that/
 
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Jinx said:
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Ok thanks, I read the article and it is troubling, but at the same time I'm pretty sure they're are a lot of organizations out there out there that are doing some things on the shady side. I don't condone it but I'm not going to say that every teamster is in bed with organized crime.
 
Mhttps://www.unionfacts.com/article/crime-and-corruption/union-leader-fraud/.

LABOR AND RACKETEERING INVESTIGATIONS

FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Cases opened 105 125 124 135 103 130 93 112 96 117
Cases closed 109 130 144 115 107 122 111 92 117 130
Cases referred for prosecution 57 74 66 87 88 105 80 74 81 105I
Indictments 161 218 181 260 322 271 198 195 111 139
Convictions 92 154 120 143 196 241 183 214 146 112
Fines, restitutions, forfeitures, and civil monetary actions ($ in millions) $42.

5 $105.9 $27.9 $36.5 $187.9 $69.2 $27.1 $24.2 $76.2 $72.9
Source: Department of Labor Office of Inspector General
 
Dont know the credibility but its as intetesting as anti Teamster propaganda:
Fred Smith's Fedex Plantation (Volume 1): Mr. Gary Grant Rullo Sr.: 9780615636245: Amazon.com: Books

Jinx said:
Mhttps://www.unionfacts.com/article/crime-and-corruption/union-leader-fraud/.

LABOR AND RACKETEERING INVESTIGATIONS

FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Cases opened 105 125 124 135 103 130 93 112 96 117
Cases closed 109 130 144 115 107 122 111 92 117 130
Cases referred for prosecution 57 74 66 87 88 105 80 74 81 105I
Indictments 161 218 181 260 322 271 198 195 111 139
Convictions 92 154 120 143 196 241 183 214 146 112
Fines, restitutions, forfeitures, and civil monetary actions ($ in millions) $42.

5 $105.9 $27.9 $36.5 $187.9 $69.2 $27.1 $24.2 $76.2 $72.9
Source: Department of Labor Office of Inspector General
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I believe the Teamsters are under a Consent Order from 1998, which provides the rank-and-file a sitting Federal Prosecutor ( Charles Carberry Esq. ) and a Federal Judge ( Loretta Preska ) to overrule any actions of the Teamsters Executive Board. This is probably why you hear of so many legal problems in the Teamsters. We have an in-house legal team to root out corruption. The results of all the investigations are reported to the rank-and-file in the Teamster magazine. They are required by law,....and if you read them,...most are very, very minor indiscretions,.......And,...yes....a few big ones. As far as I'm concerned, the system works for rooting out corruption. Would FedEx have as many legal problems if there was a Special Prosecutor with investigatory powers sitting on FedEx's board of directors? By the way, the Consent Decree, and all the people from the government involved in it , are paid for by the Teamsters,....no tax dollars involved. The two million dollar a year cost is absorbed by the Teamsters. An 800 number is provided to all Teamster members to anonymously report any suspicious activity by an officer of the Union. Would there be any management at FedEx that would have legal problems, if FedEx employees had an 800 number to call if they witnessed violations of law? Anonymously? Of course,...all of this came about when organized crime infiltrated Unions in the '60's and'70's,.........And, in the '80's, the Union was too busy with legal problems to organize upstart non-Union companies like American, RPS, CCX, and OD,.....Consequently, we are at this point in history, paying for the sins of the past. Trucking USED to be the highest paid blue-collar job in America. Imagine how well off we'd ALL be now, if the MAFIA hadn't gotten their rotten claws in the Teamsters,...and the Teamsters were able to bend all of their energy defeating de-regulation, and organizing new companies back in the '80's. The Idea of Unionism is a great Idea,...and one that is protected by the First Amendment,....otherwise Carnegie, Frick, Vanderbilt, and J.P.Morgan would've outlawed Unions at the turn of the century . By the way....... Congratulations to my new Brothers at New Brunswick N.J. Stand Tall, and Stand Together,....Proudly! Thank you gentlemen for letting me express my opinion on your board.
 
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You would like to tarnish the Teamsters. The stuff is easily accessible on back of our own Teamster magazine like canaryinamine stated.
I figure Fedex doesn't provide you the same kind of backpage so I'd help in your quest for truth.
Fair and balanced.

Anybody know where them stories went on Fred's receipt of big bailout money from his buddy's McCain and Bush and company after 9/11. I'm having a hard time finding them.
I saw you used Redstate for a link.
That may interest you jinx.
Fair and balanced.
 
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Teamster’s beating subject of trial testimony

OCTOBER 02, 2014The crew also allegedly extorted payments from nonunion businesses that were holding functions in Boston. Local 82 focused on running trade shows, at the Hynes Convention Center, for instance, and would allegedly threaten to “shut down” any event that included nonunion workers.

Eventually, Winkler said, companies would pay them strictly to avoid picket lines, sometimes without even having Teamsters do any work.

Teamsters trial begins with pictures of beaten laborer - Metro - The Boston Globe
 
Fedex is mentioned as $5000 contributor to McCain near bottom about Railway Act.
But I have heard of Fedex involvement in that bailout but stories must be long buried. Too bad we dont have sites like yours with a whole list on one site. I have to search this and search that to find stuff about the anti-union side.
There really isnt big bounties on busting companies like busting unions so those sites aren't that easily found.
 
So join the IBT and TDU too. You can be a watchdog. Plenty of Teamsters love what TDU does. Believe it or not TDU members are actually TEAMSTERS. That's what the "T" stands for.
They're not gonna tell ya not to join. They see things they want changed and act on it.
 
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