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Teamster Local 743 in contested delegate race

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Teamster reformers run against incumbents who stole the last election and are currently facing charges from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Ballots for the delegate elections for the Teamsters Las Vegas convention in the 13,000 member Teamsters Local 743 will be mailed this Wednesday, April 5th. The election pits the New Leadership Slate which supports Tom Leedham for Teamster President against the Unity for Change Slate, incumbents who support James P. Hoffa, and are currently facing charges brought by the U.S. Department of Labor for stealing the last election through voter fraud [ 2 ]. Despite their narrow loss in two elections, the New Leadership Slate is continuing to confront the incumbents. At a recent protest outside of the notorious Russian Turkish Bathhouse, members of the New Leadership Slate called the president Bob Walston and other union officials "Gangsters."

An appeal to help from a delegate at the University of Chicago Hospitals:

Hello,

For those I haven't bothered by phone yet, I'm running for delegate to the Teamsters convention and the race is pretty close. The other side raised the dues last time and this time is claiming to lower the dues. These are the same jerks that, according to the Department of Labor lawsuit against them, "misdirected" 500 ballots in the last election, mostly to Latin@ and Polish last names. Our assumption is that they did this using language as a barrier to voting. Most of these ballots were delivered to two employers and the Russian-Turkish Bathhouse and voted. Needless to say, we are against this and we want everyone in our union to be able to vote...
 
 

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