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Article: Teamster morale rides on Hoffa-led strike; Truckers gird for first national strike since Teamsters elected son of.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 24, 1999
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Since Jimmy Hoffa was elected president of the Brotherhood of Teamsters four months ago, the union has had no nationwide strikes. But that's about to change.
The Teamsters expect to be out on the picket lines soon - perhaps as early as this weekend - at the Overnite Transportation Co., America's sixth-largest trucker. The two sides have been bargaining over a contract for five years.
If successful, the strike could help Mr. Hoffa, son of the legendary boss who ran the Teamsters in the 1950s, build a reputation of his own. He would also bolster morale at the nation's largest union, which is still recovering from the scandal of having its former ...