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	<description>Defending Civil Liberties and Our Freedom of Speech</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Vendetta: The Destruction of Local 714 by James Hoffa and the IRB</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/11/06/vendetta-the-destruction-of-local-714-by-james-hoffa-and-the-irb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Teamster President James Hoffa’s October, 2008 decision to shut down a thriving 10,000 member Chicago local active in organizing drives and disband it at a time when many other locals are struggling and losing membership, sends an ominous message to those who believe in union democracy, due process or the traditional view that a union’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Hogan Letter Blasts Hoffa for Betrayal of Union Democracy</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/07/17/letter-blasts-hoffa-for-betrayal-of-union-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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Chicago Teamster Leader Blasts Hoffa for “Betrayal of Basic Union Democracy” and Creating a “Climate of Fear”
In a move that signals deep discontent within the Teamsters Union, a former ally of International President  who served as leader of Chicago Local 714, blasted Hoffa for imposing a “politically motivated” trusteeship over the local, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit News Editorial &#8212; Teamsters Have Earned Their Freedom</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/05/20/detroit-news-editorial-teamsters-have-earned-their-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 21:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit News editorial
Friday, May 09, 2008
Teamsters have earned their freedom 
Issue of federal oversight surfaces in Dems&#8217; 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&#8217;s meddling in union affairs has &#8220;run its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Hogan replies to New Republic</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/05/19/bill-hogan-replies-to-new-republic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 17:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Editor:


It is unfortunate to see John Judis recycling discredited allegations by the controversial government &#8220;watchdog,&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teamster Families Picket IRB Hearings for Bob Hogan (See Video)</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/05/09/movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 18:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Protest curbs on free speech, contempt for due process</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/05/06/protest-curbs-on-free-speech-contempt-for-due-process/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/05/06/protest-curbs-on-free-speech-contempt-for-due-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Protest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Teamster Families Picket IRB Hearings for Bob Hogan
see video
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal Reports Senator Obama will end IRB abuses.</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/05/06/wall-street-journal-reports-senator-obama-will-end-irb-abuses/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/05/06/wall-street-journal-reports-senator-obama-will-end-irb-abuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>

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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lavishly Paid Investigators Hold Court at Non-Union Hotel</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/04/30/lavishly-paid-investigators-hold-court-and-non-union-hotel/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/04/30/lavishly-paid-investigators-hold-court-and-non-union-hotel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[IRB becomes a gravy train for former law enforcement officials
Temporary “Watchdog” Becomes Permanent Drain on Teamsters Union
 
The controversial and lavishly paid Independent Review Board imposed by the Justice Department on the Teamster Union in 1989, was supposed to be a temporary watchdog to help the union rid itself of mob influence in a handful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRB Expels Humanitarian for speaking to Best Friend  Bill Hogan</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/04/25/irb-expels-humanitarian-for-speaking-to-best-friend-bill-hogan/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/04/25/irb-expels-humanitarian-for-speaking-to-best-friend-bill-hogan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Riley, A Life Dedicated to Helping Others
Former Local 714 Organizing Director Bob Riley’s permanent expulsion from the Teamster’s Union in 2005 by actions of the Independent Review Board (IRB) is a measure of how far this supposed government “watchdog” has strayed from its original purpose of rooting out crime and corruption.
You are not likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The IRB: Origins of an Undemocratic Institution</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/04/02/the-case-for-congressional-hearings-on-the-irb/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/04/02/the-case-for-congressional-hearings-on-the-irb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The questionable legal underpinnings of Consent Decree and Independent Review Board (IRB) are presented in the following legal analysis which explains why former Senator Sam Nunn told the Senate Permanent Investigations Committee:
  &#8220;the government has clearly crossed over into a new frontier in law enforcement, injecting itself into the operation of labor unions and, [...]]]></description>
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