Western Teamster Members to hold Press Conference on Fair Elections

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Western Teamster Members to hold Press Conference on Fair Elections

[Barry455]

Sounds like tin-foil hat stuff to me. That's a long list of Local unions in an organization that can't keep secrets. That would be one hell of a conspiracy, can't wait to hear the "evidence".

[Gimme_Danger]

They mention 481, where the incumbents lost big. Doesn't make much sense.

[Graveyard]

Perhaps Gimme_Danger should do a reread! The way I read it, it simply states that Local 481 members are “in attendance.” It doesn't indicate 481 is part of the complaint. Maybe the new officer at 481 just agree that elections should be fair. Don’t you?

What really “Doesn’t make much sense” is, does O’Brien’s “Teamsters Vs Everybody” now mean Teamster Vs Teamster?

Think I’ll wait until after the Press Conference to pass judgement, although, if it’s true the election company is conducting Teamster elections with a “suspended license” sounds like a good start!

[Thisischange?]

You would think you need a license, right?

[Gimme_Danger]

Typically there needs to be a post election protest, following that procedure and then filing with the Dept of Labor within a certain time frame. Anything other than following procedures is just performative attention-seeking behavior.

[quotetheraven1031]

So in other words, all the Locals where the opposition was weak, ineffective, and want a redo because they didn’t like their participation trophies. Makes sense