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	<title>Teamster Injustice.com &#187; Civil Liberties</title>
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	<description>Defending Civil Liberties and Our Freedom of Speech</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Jim Belushi talks about Bill Hogan:</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/12/08/john-belushi-talks-about-bill-hogan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[\ Actor Jim Belushi with Bill Hogan and his wife Ginnie. Belushi who has worked on four Chicago films often joined Bill on the picket line and appeared at organizing drives.
“I’ve shot four movies in Chicago and have worked with Bill Hogan since 1985 during the filming of “About Last Night.” I have spent much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The IRB: Origins of an Undemocratic Institution</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/07/17/the-case-for-congressional-hearings-on-the-irb/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/07/17/the-case-for-congressional-hearings-on-the-irb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 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, under [...]]]></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>
		
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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>
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		<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>
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		<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>Bob Hogan Letter Blasts Hoffa for Betrayal of Union Democracy</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/04/02/letter-blasts-hoffa-for-betrayal-of-union-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/04/02/letter-blasts-hoffa-for-betrayal-of-union-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 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>Prominent Names Join Free Speech for Bill Hogan Committee</title>
		<link>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/03/19/prominent-names-join-free-speech-for-bill-hogan-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://teamsterinjustice.com/2008/03/19/prominent-names-join-free-speech-for-bill-hogan-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bogdanich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Actor Jim Belushi Headliner at Fundraiser
for Bill Hogan Free Speech Fight

 
Prominent Chicagoans from business, labor, entertainment, sports and academia are being joined by other prominent figures from coast to coast in support of former Chicago Teamster Bill Hogan’s efforts to defend himself against what can only be called un-American restrictions on free speech and association [...]]]></description>
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