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The Teamsters Union, 2004.
This paper discusses the Teamsters Union, which the author concludes is one of the worst unions in the nation.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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This paper explains that, after more than 100 years of union activity in the United States, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (also known as the Teamsters or Teamsters Union) leadership has harmed both labor relations and the union itself. The author points out that, from 1979 to 1984, a Teamster?s official was indicted by federal authorities every eight days, 225 indictments for misdeeds ranging from racketeering to arson to aggravated assault to extortion, bribery, and pension fund embezzlement. The paper relates that, while the Teamsters are taken to task for flouting the law in ways that almost always cause harm to members, such as the continuing pension debacle, and while the leadership serves itself extremely well with salaries and perks, it continues to serve its members badly.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Worst of a Bad Lot
The Branch Doesn?t Fall Far from the Tree
What Would Have Changed?
Even Better Full-Time Jobs for Leaders
What?s Good for the Goose?
A Brief Glimpse of Camelot
Finest Hour
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"In fact, the federal government finally placed the Central States Pension Fund (also known as the mafia bank) in trusteeship because of the Teamsters? leadership spending million in funds supposedly for retirement benefits on Mafia-related loans to Las Vegas casinos. While it is, Waldman admits, likely the Teamsters membership had higher wages, and thus made higher pension contributions, than they would have without the union, the sting of losing a great deal of their expected retirement income was another example of the poor ?labor relations? conduct of the leadership."
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Teamsters Union, 1989.
Discusses history & development, purposes & functions, leadership, abuses, relationship with management, alliances with other unions, successes & failures.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 63.95
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"International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs,
Warehousemen, & Helpers of America
While trucking and warehousing are the core jurisdictions of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, this union has the following well organized cannery workers: teachers, police, airline attendants, and other types of workers. The Teamsters, or IBT, has a rather vague history. Although formal organization, resembling unions can be traced back as far as 1850 for those drivers having a single team of horses and one wagon, they were more like guilds. These organizations were often informal, short-lived, and primarily composed of driver-owners whose chief preoccupation was with drayage rates rather than salaries. These organizations slowly evolved into unions, particularly as mass production and (...)"
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Teamsters' Union, 2001.
History, strategies that led to union power, influence, corruption. Internal conflicts.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, $ 39.95
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"The Teamsters Union was formed in 1902 with a decentralized group of horse-and-buggy men, otherwise known as team drivers. They wielded tremendous power because businesses depended on their deliveries (Brill, 1978, p. 3). Because strikes affected the public adversely, the public was supportive of business owners against the workers. In order to fight back against the business owners, police and the public, the workers enlisted the assistance of local gangsters. Therefore, from the beginning of its existence, the Teamsters were plagued by internal conflicts, violent strikes and association with gangsters (Friedman & Schwarz, 1989, pp. 8-9). During the ?20s, Teamster membership hovered around 75,000; compared to other labor unions, the Teamster Union exerted little influence. However, after 1934, with the passage of the ..."
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Jimmy Hoffa's Legacy, 2005.
This paper relates the legacy of Jimmy Hoffa, a labor union organizer in the 1930's.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains the legacy of Jimmy Hoffa as a labor union organizer in the 1930's and relates his rise to power as President of the Teamsters Union.
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"Jimmy Hoffa was the leader of the largest union in the United States, the 'International Brotherhood of Teamsters.' He was fervent, some might even say fanatical, in his support of the Teamsters. He often faced conflicts with law enforcement and union leadership. Many speculate that his dealings with organized crime leaders resulted in his disappearance or murder."
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The 1997 UPS Strike, 1997.
Analysis of the 1997 UPS strike. Describes the strike as an example of hard bargaining in which the Teamsters benefitted from public support generated by favorable press coverage.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 79.95
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"INTRODUCTION
The recent strike against United Parcel Service conducted by the Teamsters was seen as both disruptive and successful. It was disruptive to the national shipping patterns and so to business in general, yet the public supported the strikers over the company by a wide margin. This might have changed had the strike continued any longer than it did, but the Teamsters, as led by president Ron Carey, managed to make good use of public sentiment to pressure UPS to settle the strike. From the first, the Teamsters had the high ground given the nature of the dispute and the fact that the public was also concerned about the issue of part-time work and the way companies were using part-time workers to avoid paying full price for full-time employees in the same jobs."
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The Development of Las Vagas, 2002.
A discussion about the history and development of Las Vagas and the people involved in its establishment.
1,870 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper introduces and discusses the creation of Las Vegas. Specifically, it looks at how Bugsy Segal, Meyer Lansky and the Teamsters Union figured in the development of Las Vegas, and how the city has prospered and changed since it was first created.
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"Before there was Bugsy Siegel, the underworld, the Strip, and the bright lights, there were the Mormons. The first Mormon party set out to colonize lands in 1855. They arrived at an area known as "Las Vegas Spring" in mid-June. They began to build a permanent settlement, but in 1857, Brigham Young called them back to Salt Lake City. An O.D. Gass, acquired the area, and created the Las Vegas Ranch. Thus, Las Vegas was born. Politically and economically, Las Vegas added almost nothing to Nevada's coffers until the beginning of the twentieth century. Northern Nevada developed first, and this was where the state capital and most of the population lived. (Elliott). The mob would change all that."
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