Detroit News Editorial — Teamsters Have Earned Their Freedom

Detroit News editorial
Friday, May 09, 2008
Teamsters have earned their freedom
Issue of federal oversight surfaces in Dems’ presidential campaign
The matter of federal oversight of the Teamsters crept briefly into the Democratic presidential campaign this week, when U.S. Sen. Barack Obama told the Wall Street Journal the Justice Department’s meddling in union affairs has “run its [...]

Bill Hogan replies to New Republic

Dear Editor:

It is unfortunate to see John Judis recycling discredited allegations by the controversial government “watchdog,” the Independent Review Board (IRB). The IRB was installed to root out mob influence in the Teamsters, but with the mobsters now out of the picture, this lavishly paid unit uses its unchecked authority to take sides in internal [...]

Teamster Families Picket IRB Hearings for Bob Hogan (See Video)

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Protest curbs on free speech, contempt for due process

Teamster Families Picket IRB Hearings for Bob Hogan
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On April 2, 2008, at least sixty Teamster members, their wives and children picketed hearings for Robert A Hogan, leader of Local 714 by the government imposed Independent Review Board (IRB), which is seeking to remove him from office for not firing his organizing Director Robert Riley [...]

Wall Street Journal Reports Senator Obama will end IRB abuses.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Senator Barack Obama has pledged to end abuses of the IRB which was installed within the Teamster union in 1989 by the Justice Dept with a limited mission to root out mobsters, but now has acted to curtail free speech, interfered in internal union politics, and in a number [...]