"Senator Obama will stand with the Teamsters when it comes to fighting for working families," General President Jim Hoffa said. The endorsement mobilizes the union's 1.4 million members and their families to elect the Illinois senator.
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Union Launches TeamstersForObama Web Site to Mobilize Members
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters launches TeamstersForObama.org to help educate and mobilize its members. Learn more about the site and find out how to log in today.
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HOFFA'S WORKING CLASS
CONVOY FOR CHANGE Working Class Convoy
Concludes in Indy
The Teamsters Working Class Convoy for
Change concluded today in Indianapolis after General President Hoffa makes an
historic visit to the Indianapolis UPS Freight terminal and other Teamster
worksites across Indiana, educating members about the Indiana primary on
Tuesday.
Bad Trade Deals Are
Costing Thousands of Pennsylvania Workers Their Jobs
(Pittsburgh,
PA) - During the three-day Working Class Convoy for Change tour through
Pennsylvania, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said bad trade
deals have cost thousands of Pennsylvanians their jobs as more and more
companies have moved out of the U.S. Hoffa also
discussed how Sen. Obama could help to stop this
catastrophic
trend.
See the Hoffa's Working
Class Convoy for Change Video on YouTube
Hoffa Visits NAFTA
Victims at Hershey Plant in Pennsylvania (Reading, Pennsylvania) – Teamsters General
President Jim Hoffa on Wednesday said the Hershey plant move to Mexico shows how
trade deals like NAFTA harm American workers.
During a three-day Working Class Convoy for Change tour through Pennsylvania, Hoffa also discussed how Sen. Barack Obama could be instrumental in reversing this
economic devastation.
COMMENTARY Why Obama Should Be President
By Jim Hoffa
Sen. Barack Obama is the only presidential candidate who can right the destructive wrongs of the past eight years. Looking at Obama's impeccable record on trade issues and issues dear to working families, the choice was clear for the Teamsters Union.
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VIDEO Teamsters
Endorse Obama
CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviews Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa about
union's decision to back Sen. Obama in the Democratic race for the presidency.
"The question is, who can win? And the question is, who is speaking about issues
and who has caught the imagination of the American voter and who has caught the
imagination of workers in America," Hoffa says. (Running time -
5:00)
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