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Ang Teamsters Union, na pinangalanan ng International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen at Mga Katulong ng America, dati (hanggang 1940) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen at Mga Katulong ng America (IBT), ang pinakamalaking pribadong sektor ng labor union sa Estados Unidos, na kumakatawan sa mga driver ng trak at manggagawa sa mga nauugnay na industriya (tulad ng aviation).
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Ang unyon ay nabuo noong 1903 nang sumama ang Team Drivers International Union (1899) sa Teamsters National Union (1902). Ang mga lokal na deliverymen na gumagamit ng mga sasakyan na iginuhit ng kabayo ay nanatiling pangunahing pagiging kasapi hanggang sa 1930s, nang sila ay pinalitan ng mga driver ng intercity truck. Mula 1907 hanggang 1952, ang unyon ay pinamumunuan ni Daniel J. Tobin, na tumaas ng pagiging kasapi mula 40,000 noong 1907 hanggang sa higit sa 1,000,000 noong 1950. Ito ay naging pinakamalaking unyon ng bansa noong 1940. Mga Pangulong Dave Beck (1952-57) at James Hoffa (1957-71) hinuhubog ang mga Teamsters sa isang malakas na sentralisadong unyon na may kakayahang makipag-ayos sa mga kasunduan sa freight-hauling sa buong bansa. Ang mga Pangulong Ron Carey (1992–99) at James P. Hoffa (1999–), anak ng isang dating pangulo, ay nakatuon sa seguridad sa trabaho at mga isyu sa pamilya.
The union’s size, along with the threat of halting shipments of essential goods, gave the Teamsters great bargaining power. But the union’s magnitude also provided some officials with opportunities for violently pressuring small employers or profiting, in consort with organized crime, from the manipulation of union pension funds. In the wake of corruption disclosures implicating Teamster leadership, the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) expelled the union in 1957—after almost 60 years of membership in the AFL.
Between 1957 and 1988, three of the Teamsters’ presidents—Beck, the elder Hoffa, and Roy L. Williams—were convicted of various crimes and sentenced to prison terms. After his release from prison, Hoffa disappeared in 1975; many believe he was killed by members of organized crime. The Teamsters Union was readmitted to the AFL–CIO in 1987. In 1988 the Justice Department filed a civil racketeering suit against the union, but the suit was settled out of court in 1989. In 1992, given their first chance to directly elect their national leaders, members chose as president Carey, the candidate supported by the reformist group Teamsters for a Democratic Union. While Teamster representation of truck drivers declined with the growth of nonunion trucking companies in the 1980s, the union gained many new members through its efforts to organize workers in clerical, service, and technology occupations.
In 1997 the Teamsters galvanized media attention and public support when their strike against United Parcel Service (UPS) stopped the delivery of thousands of packages worldwide. The strike centred on the extensive use of part-time employees by UPS. In the agreement negotiated with UPS, the Teamsters won 10,000 new full-time jobs over the course of the five-year contract. In later years the Teamsters became increasingly dissatisfied with the AFL-CIO, especially its inability to increase union membership. In 2005 the Teamsters disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO and, with several other unions, helped establish the Change to Win coalition.
