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The threat to American workers freedom from Hoffa 's union group grows with card check victory
PR NEWSWIRE ^ | 11/30/05 | James P. Hoffa

Posted on 11/30/2005 7:08:00 PM PST by NAWER

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Hoffa Statement on SEIU Card-Check Victory for Houston Janitors

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is an official statement of James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President:

On behalf of the entire Teamster membership, I want to personally congratulate SEIU and the 5,000 Houston janitors on their recent card-check majority at ABM Industries. This victory will not only bring a tidal shift of economic security and dignity to Houston's low-wage workforce, it sends a message to workers across the South -- "Yes you can!"

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On behalf of the entire Teamster membership, I want to personally congratulate SEIU and the 5,000 Houston janitors on their recent card-check majority at ABM Industries. This victory will not only bring a tidal shift of economic security and dignity to Houston's low-wage workforce, it sends a message to workers across the South -- "Yes you can!"
1 posted on 11/30/2005 7:08:02 PM PST by NAWER
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To: NAWER

zot


2 posted on 11/30/2005 7:33:43 PM PST by kublia khan (Absolute war brings total victory)
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To: NAWER

Ah, yes, SEIU. The only union that could use its own name as the text of its AFL-CIO disaffiliation notice.


3 posted on 11/30/2005 7:36:01 PM PST by RichInOC (...wouldn't wanna be ya...)
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To: NAWER

The Teamsters and other members of the Change to Win federation are proud
to stand in solidarity with these workers in their fight for the American
dream. More than 350,000 Teamsters from Chicago, New York and Los Angeles
stood ready to honor picket lines during the toughest bouts of this campaign.
That is because we understand it can take more than one union to topple a
company like ABM, and that partnership among workers is the only way to
compete against today's corporate juggernauts.
For far too long, the South has been a bastion of low-wage labor, and
corporations continue to profit from its exploit. The Teamsters union is
currently engaged in an arduous battle on behalf of Southern waste workers who
are fighting for good jobs and safer working conditions -- something their
counterparts in California, Illinois, New York and numerous communities across
the nation already cherish through strong Teamster contracts. We have already
won significant victories in the South in a wide array of industries,
including transit, the public sector, law enforcement and package delivery.
The race to the bottom in our own country must stop. By using the kind of
strategic, multi-faceted campaign SEIU has employed in Houston to empower
workers, it can and will be done. Such victories not only improve the lives
of Southern workers, they protect the livelihoods of workers throughout our
great nation.


4 posted on 11/30/2005 7:37:21 PM PST by NAWER (Please call these House Congressmen and ask them to cosponsor SBPA)
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On behalf of the entire Teamster membership...

Yeah?

Well, on behalf of me, I say screw the unions, especially the Teamsters and the damned UAW.

5 posted on 11/30/2005 7:40:35 PM PST by OldSmaj (Hey Islam...I flushed a koran today and I let my dog pp on it first. Come get me, moon bats!)
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To: OldSmaj

I hear ya. Count me in!!!


6 posted on 11/30/2005 7:42:32 PM PST by taxesareforever (Government is running amuck)
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To: NAWER
The race to the bottom in our own country must stop.

Then fight illegal immigration stupid.

7 posted on 11/30/2005 7:46:23 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (Some say what's good for others, the others make the goods; it's the meddlers against the peddlers)
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