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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, [2] the union now represents a diverse membership of blue - and white -collar workers in both the public and private sectors ...
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The Teamsters are America’s largest, most diverse union. In 1903, the Teamsters started as a merger of the two leading team driver associations. These drivers were the backbone of America’s robust economic growth, but they needed to organize to wrest their fair share from greedy corporations. Today, the union’s task is exactly the same.
Teamster History. For more than a century, the Teamsters Union has helped millions of workers achieve the American dream. Our success is a testament to those who came before us, who stood together to form a union and a labor movement.
- Early Roots: 1898–1902
- A Merger: 1903–07
- From Horses to Trucks: 1907–30
- Organizing Over-the-Road Truckers: 1933–37
- New Teamster Structures: 1936–38
- Changing Labor Scene: The 1930s
- Increasing Membership: The 1940s
- Leadership Changes: The 1950s
- Changes in The Trucking Industry and Organizing Public Employees: The 1960s
- Growing Dissent: The 1970s
At the turn of the century, people depended on horse-drawn wagons to move produce and goods locally. Teamsters, who drove the teams of horses, generally worked 12-18 hours a day, every day of the week for an average wage of $2.00 per day. Not only was their pay low, they were held responsible when the merchandise was damaged or lost or when the shi...
Samuel P. Gompers, the head of the American Federation of Labor, urged the two unions to get back together, and in 1903, at Niagara Falls, New York, they merged to create the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). The issue of owners versus non-owners was settled with the merger: no one owning more than one team of horses could belong to the...
Tobin’s early years focused on organizing the “skilled” drivers, particularly beer wagon drivers and those delivering bakery and confectionery goods. The union was successful in improving working conditions for its members—reducing hours of work, winning the right to overtime pay, and standardizing contracts— but big changes were occurring within t...
The Depression left thousands of drivers out of work, and in 1933 Teamster membership had dropped to 75,000. But the militant leaders of the Teamsters local in Minneapolis were about to change the power of the union. These men, who favored Leon Trotsky over Franklin Roosevelt, were Ray Dunne, his brothers Miles and Grant, and Farrell Dobbs. In orga...
Structurally, Teamster locals were strong, autonomous, and independent. Traditionally, they organized, provided services to, and negotiated bargaining agreements for people who worked in a specific trade in a specific city, such as the bakery truck drivers in Des Moinesor the laundry truck drivers in Portland. The union would bargain with the emplo...
The labor scene changed significantly during the 1930s. New federal laws established minimum wages and maximum hours of work for each industry, provided protection against management interference or intimidation aimed at union activity and established legal sanction for collective bargaining, the framework for the minimum wage, a 40-hour week, and ...
By the beginning of the 1940s, IBT membership had reached 456,000. The trucking industry was considered essential to the war effort, and after World War IIthe industry grew tremendously. By 1947, gross operating revenues of the motor carriers had risen to $2.2 billion. The union’s membership grew to 890,000, and the Teamsters expanded their organiz...
In 1952, Dan Tobin retired after 45 years as president and was succeeded by David Beck. The following year, Beck moved IBT’s headquarters from Indianapolis to Washington, D.C., erecting a huge marble building across the street from the U.S. Capitol. From there, the union, along with the automobile, concrete, and rubber industries supported plans fo...
The next decade saw the continuing centralization and standardization of bargaining for truckers and increased organizing of public employees. By 1961, the trucking industry directly employed more than seven million people and its carriers available for public hire had gross revenues of $7.4 billion. But the railroads were fighting to take back mor...
Frank Fitzsimmons was elected general president of IBT in 1971, and by 1975, the year James Hoffa disappeared, the union numbered 2.2 million members. The new members included local police, airline pilots, office workers, dental mechanics, and farm workers. But some members, especially the truckers, were not happy with the union leadership and its ...
Sean M. O'Brien (born 1971 or 1972) is an American labor leader who is the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He formerly served as the Vice President Eastern Region of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT).
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada.
