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What do you call a teamster in a three piece suit. (Original Post) Duncanpup Apr 11 OP
Good one! Easterncedar Apr 11 #1
Teamster 'organizers' knocked me around in the tunnel under my employers business ... marble falls Apr 11 #2

marble falls

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2. Teamster 'organizers' knocked me around in the tunnel under my employers business ...
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 09:48 AM
Apr 11

... they signed a contract that really boosted the drivers, but the book stated my sections rate for $2.00/hr less than I was making. Which meant I was going to miss a couple of step raises for a year or two. So I was going to vote no, and everyone knew, because I was of an intemperate disposition. I signed the book. A wiseass boss, the beneficiary a sweetheart contract, asked why I signed,
with a big grin on his ugly mug. Said I, "Because the organizers had explained the health benefits to me."

For eight bucks a month all I got was a union rag every month. And Fitzgibbons gave away a pension fund and voted full pay for the three official jobs he did for the union.

Loved the AFL/CIO. Loathed the Teamsters.

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