Public Employees Shouldn't Be Second Class Teamsters

Updated On: Sep 21, 2010 (19:05:00)

Being out of touch with everyday Teamsters is one thing. Not knowing they exist is another.

After more than a decade in office, James Phillip Hoffa doesn’t seem to realize that there are nearly 250,000 members in the Public Services Division. He recently stated:
“We’ve organized thousands of people. County employees in Florida. People you wouldn’t think we’d organize.”

Why wouldn’t we?

Unlike many people who have been organized during Hoffa’s administration, public employees have stable, good paying jobs. Plus, the public sector is a Teamster stronghold with contracts that need to be strengthened and protected.

Not only does James Phillip Hoffa deem public employees unworthy of organizing, he thinks that assigning a single IBT representative for a quarter of a million members is fair.

Not Fred. He’ll stop treating public employees like second class Teamsters and build a Public Services Division that will provide them with the representation they deserve.

REPRINTED FROM: FRED GEGARE 2007