Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyar Demokraɗiyya (TDU) sun gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na 44th a Chicago a farkon Nuwamba, inda amincewa Sean O'Brien na Babban Shugaban kasa da Fred Zuckerman na Babban Sakatare-Ma'aji a zaben 2021 Teamster. Za su yi aiki a kan slate na "Teamsters United" kuma su kalubalanci jagorancin da ke kan gaba, ko jagorancin Shugaba mai ci James P. Hoffa, Jr. ko kuma wanda zai gaje shi.

Amincewar TDU yana da mahimmanci ga kowane ɗan takarar da ke neman tsayawa takara a matsayin mai kawo sauyi a kan kafa Teamster - sanannen sanannen sa. m da kuma cin hanci da rashawa da kuma alaka da aikata laifuka. TDU ya kasance kan gaba wajen yin garambawul a cikin kungiyar ta Teamsters tsawon shekaru arba'in kuma ya taka rawa sosai a kalubalantar zaben Zuckerman na 2016, lokacin da ya samu kuri'u dubbai na hambarar da Hoffa daga mulki. Yanzu, lokacin O'Brien ne ya jagoranci slate.

Amma amincewar TDU na Sean O'Brien bai wuce ba tare da jayayya ba. O'Brien ya kasance sanannen mai goyon bayan Hoffa - kafin ya kasance kora by Hoffa - kuma yana da kyakkyawan suna 'yan daba. Wasu magoya bayan TDU na yanzu da na baya sun yi amfani da kafofin watsa labarun don sukar amincewar, yayin da suke nuna matukar damuwa game da makomar yunkurin sake fasalin.

Tun lokacin taron TDU, rashin jin daɗi game da O'Brien ya ƙaru bayan shi aka kashe Yajin aikin kwana tamanin da hudu na yankin sa Ayyukan Jamhuriyar, kamfanin sarrafa sharar gida na biyu mafi girma a kasar. Yajin aikin dai ya kawo karshe da rashin nasara, wanda ya sanya ayar tambaya game da shugabancin O'Brien. Yayin da muke shiga cikin duhuwar zamanin Hoffa, ina masu Tawagar za su je?

Hoffa in Twilight

An dade ana ta yada jita-jitar ritayar Hoffa mai zuwa. Ana sa ran zai sanar da murabus dinsa a taron hukumar zartaswa na Oktoba (GEB) a hedkwatar kungiyar da ke birnin Washington, DC da kuma bayyana wanda zai gaje shi. Tare da rinjaye mai dadi a kan hukumar, an shirya sauƙaƙa sauƙi. Amma taron ya zo ya tafi ba tare da sanarwa ba.

Sai hasashe ya koma kan dalilin da ya sa aka dauki lokaci mai tsawo haka. Hoffa yana da shekaru saba'in da takwas bayan haka, kuma wasan kwaikwayo na baya-bayan nan a taron Teamster na kasa ya haifar da tsegumi da yawa cewa bai sake neman aikin ba. Kwangilar kasa ta ƙarshe da yake da hannu a ciki - kwangilar UPS ta kasa ta 2018 - Memba ya kada kuri'a amma "ya amince da shi" ta hanyar da ba a yarda da shi ba. Zabar magaji na iya zama da wahala fiye da yadda Hoffa ke tsammani.

Magaji masu jita-jita irin su Terry Hancock na Chicago ko Kevin Moore na Detroit suna da manyan kaya. Hancock, shugaban Chicago Teamster Local 731, ya shiga cikin tashin hankali da rashin farin jini. take na wata kungiya ta gida. Moore, shugaban Detroit Local 299, ƙungiyar gida ta dangin Hoffa, ya tabbatar da zama wanda ba a son shi darakta carhaul.

Jinkirin ritayar Hoffa na iya kasancewa yana da alaƙa da shi sanya ƙungiyar don taka muhimmiyar rawa a zaɓen fidda gwani na shugaban ƙasa na 2020. Misali, a ranar 7 ga Disamba, Teamsters sun dauki nauyin a Dandalin shugaban kasa kan haƙƙin ma'aikata a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, watanni biyu kafin ɓangarorin Iowa. Joe Biden da Bernie Sanders su ne 'yan takarar da suka halarta.

Duk da amincewa da Hilary Clinton a cikin 2016, wannan wani abu ne na siyasa mai mahimmanci ga Hoffa wanda ya sami nasara. suna a matsayinsa na daya daga cikin amintattun masu goyon bayan kungiyar kwadagon Shugaba Donald Trump kan harkokin kasuwanci da samar da ababen more rayuwa, gami da illar muhalli Keystone XL da Dakota Access Bututun da ke gudana cinikayya da China. Kwanan nan, duk da haka, Hoffa ya soki Trump. Shi ya gaya da Huffington Post a karshen Oktoba:

Shi [Trump] ya yi alƙawura game da yadda zai zama zakara [ma'aikata]. Ina jin zai iya yin abin da ya fi abin da ya yi. Ina tsammanin zai iya yin ƙarin don taimaka mana da ciniki na gama gari, fiye da taimaka mana da fansho…. Ina tsammanin zai iya yi mana fiye da haka. ina yi

An shigar da Hoffa a cikin Oktoba hira cewa da yawa Teamsters sun zabi Trump a 2016. Hoffa kuma ya annabta cewa da yawa "Kungiyoyi na iya sake zabar Trump a 2020, ba tare da la'akari da wanda zai zama dan takarar Democrat ba." Irin wannan gaskiyar na iya zama mai daɗi daga irin Hoffa. Wataƙila ya yanke hukunci da gaske cewa akwai yaƙi a sararin sama don ƙuri'un Teamster, musamman a cikin Michigan, mahaifar gidan dangin Hoffa tare da babban ƙungiyar zaɓe na Teamster mai ritaya. A cikin Afrilu 3, 2019, Detroit News shafi mai taken "Michigan Zai taka muhimmiyar rawa a zaben 2020," Hoffa rubuta:

Michigan ta sami kanta a kan gaba a tattaunawar zaben shugaban kasa na 2020. Godiya ga ‘yar karamar nasara da masu kada kuri’a suka baiwa shugaba Trump a shekarar 2016, wadanda suka tsaya takarar shugaban kasa a wannan karon sun san cewa suna bukatar lashe jihar Great Lakes idan suna son isa fadar White House.

Wasu kuri'un Teamster ne ke da alhakin cin nasarar Trump a Michigan - da sauran jihohi a cikin tsakiyar Tsakiyar Tsakiya - wanda ya ba shi damar samun nasara a Kwalejin Zabe, wanda ya kawo bala'i ga mu duka.

Tsohon Guard mai Fraying

Tsohon mai gadin Hoffa ya yi ta fafatawa a zabukan Teamster guda biyu da suka gabata, tare da magoya bayan baya - wadanda da yawa daga cikinsu ginshikan kawancensa ne - suka fafata da shi. A cikin 2011, Hoffa ya sami ƙalubalen da ya daɗe yana goyon baya kuma shugaban Teamster Wisconsin Fred Gegare, wanda ya gaya da Milwaukee Journal tsaro cewa ya yanke shawarar tsayawa takara ne saboda "James Hoffa Jr. yana wargaza ƙungiyar da mahaifinsa ya gina gaba ɗaya."

Juyar da Gegare ya yi ba zato ba tsammani daga kutse zuwa dan takarar adawa ya gamu da izgili daga TDU. A cikin sanarwar da aka fitar game da takarar Gegare mai taken “Me yasa Bazai Iya Yin Nasara ba… kuma Me yasa Wannan Abu ne Mai Kyau,"TDU ya tambaya, "Me yasa Gegare yake takara da Hoffa?":

Tambaya ce mai kyau. Gegare mai aminci ne na Hoffa na dogon lokaci. A matsayinsa na dan takara, ya soki yadda Hoffa ke tafiyar da Asusun Fansho na Jihohi ta Tsakiya da rangwamen Hoffa ga UPS da UPS Freight. Amma furucin Fred bai jibe da rikodin nasa ba.

Duk da raunin kamfen na Gegare, mataimakan Hoffa da ma'aikatan yakin neman zaben ba su damu da tawaye na masu biyayya ba, ciki har da Fred Zuckerman, Shugaban Local 89 a Louisville, Kentucky, wanda kuma ya yi takara a kan takardar Gegare. Da'irar Hoffa na ciki ya yi matukar baci har suka ba wa Zuckerman cin hanci. "Sun sa ran zan goyi bayan slate na Hoffa kuma ba zan yi takara da shi ba," Zuckerman ruwaito zuwa ga mai kula da zaben Teamster Richard Mark.

A karshe, Hoffa da hannu ya sake lashe zaben da kuri'u 137,000 a kan Gegare da shugaban TDU Sandy Pope. Gegare ya samu kuri'u sama da 54,000 kadan, yayin da Paparoma kuma ya yi abin mamaki da kyau: goyon bayan wasu ƴan sa kai masu sadaukarwa amma kaɗan kaɗan, ta samu kusan. 40,000 kuri'u. Paparoma ya kuma mace ta farko don yin takara a matsayi na farko, wani ci gaba a cikin ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago na Amurka.

An haifi "Teamsters United" daga tsoffin mayaƙan Gegare da magoya bayan TDU da mambobi. Don zaɓen Teamster na 2016, Teamsters United sun fara zaɓe Tim Sylvester, Shugaban Local 804 a Birnin New York, don zama ɗan takara na Shugaban ƙasa. Sylvester, tsohon direban UPS, tsohon soja ne mai goyon bayan Carey kuma mai fafutuka.

Sylvester ya lashe tseren don shugabancin Local 804 in 2009 a kan 804 Members United slate, ta doke mai ci biyu da daya. Gidan ya kasance gidan siyasa na dogon lokaci Ron Carey, shugaba na farko da kawai na kawo sauyi na Teamsters. Karkashin jagorancin Sylvester, yan gida sun yi muhimmiyar riba a cikin tattaunawar kwangila da UPS, har zuwa yanzu mafi girman ma'aikata ga membobin gida 804.

Yayin da Teamsters United suka fara taka rawar gani, abin ya baci sosai lokacin da Sylvester ya zura kwallo a raga rasa sake zaben don ofishi na gida bayan yaƙin neman zaɓe na bangaranci da ɓarna a cikin 2015. A sakamakon haka, Sylvester ya sauya mukamai a kan slate don tsayawa takarar Babban Sakatare-Ma'aji. Fred Zuckerman ya tsaya takarar neman shugabancin Janar. Shi ne na Hoffa darakta carhaul kafin ya kore shi. Duk da wannan bugu da aka yi wa yakin neman zabe, Zuckerman ya tashi tsaye wajen bikin. Mutum ne na kasa-kasa tare da salon magana kai tsaye, wanda ke da matukar sha'awar Teamsters da suka saba yin shuru.

Zuckerman ya yi suna a kan yakin neman zabensa saboda munanan hare-haren da ya kaiwa Hoffa ga UPS a cikin 2013, rashin tsari a cikin jigilar kaya da jigilar kaya, da kuma - mafi mahimmanci a cikin Midwest da Kudu - faduwar fatarar Fensho ta Tsakiya. Kudi akan agogon Hoffa. Sean O'Brien ya zo don yin skewering na musamman saboda shi ne mai gudanar da ƙarin kwangilar UPS wanda aka maimaita akai-akai. zabe ƙasa amma daga karshe Hoffa ya sanya shi.

Lokacin da aka kirga kuri'un Hoffa kusan ya sha kaye a zaben, kuma an shafe mataimakan sa na yanki a Tsakiyar Yamma da Kudu, wanda aka maye gurbinsu da abubuwan da ba a sani ba daga kungiyar Teamsters United. Tawagar Yanki na Chicago ya zabi Zuckerman da Teamsters United da dan karamin rata, wani abu da ba za a iya tunaninsa ba a zabukan da suka gabata. Yawancin 'yan tsiraru na Teamsters sun shirya don zaɓar kowane ingantaccen madadin Hoffa.

Amma duk da haka rashin tausayi da rashin tausayi sun kasance alamar zaɓe na 2016, wanda ya sami mafi ƙarancin fitowar jama'a tun lokacin zaɓen matsayi na farko a 1991. Ya kamata a lura cewa a wannan lokacin, Sean O'Brien ya kasance mai aminci ga Hoffa.

"Dabi'un Tsohon-School"

Ya kasance sirrin buɗe ido tsawon shekaru da yawa cewa Sean O'Brien yana so ya zama Babban Shugaban Ƙungiyoyin. Yana da shekaru talatin da hudu lokacin da aka zabe shi shugaban Teamsters Local 25 a Boston a 2006, wanda ya sa ya zama mafi karancin shekaru da aka zaba zuwa wannan matsayi a tarihin yankin. Local 25 yana da mambobi sama da 12,000 a cikin masana'antu daban-daban, amma mafi girman ma'aikata har zuwa yanzu shine UPS, giant ɗin dabaru.

Teamsters Local 25 bai taɓa samun kyakkyawan suna ba. Boston Magazinesummed up tarihinta mai kyau sosai a 'yan shekarun da suka gabata:

Ƙungiyar tana da alaƙa da Whitey Bulger's Winter Hill Gang; daya daga cikin tsoffin shugabanninta ya shafe lokaci a gidan yari; An gurfanar da mambobinta da laifin aikata laifuka da suka hada da fashi da makami zuwa almubazzaranci; jami’anta sun taba yin kaurin suna wajen girgiza ’yan fim. A shekara ta 2011, an samu wani memban kungiyar da ya yi ritaya yana mutuwa a kan dandalin jirgin kasa dauke da dala 180,000 a cikin kudi masu ban mamaki.

Shugaban na gida na 25 na dogon lokaci shine William J. "Billy" McCarthy, wani lokaci ana kiransa "mahaukacin kare." Ya mulki yankin daga 1955 zuwa 1992. McCarthy ya kasance abokin tarayya na dogon lokaci. shirya laifi. Magajin McCarthy shine George Cashman, wanda ya sanya kansa a matsayin "Sabon Teamster" kuma ya haɗa kansa da Ron Carey, amma ya bar 'yan fashin su yi wasa a cikin sashin fina-finai na gida. Bisa lafazin Boston Magazine marubuci Michael Damiano:

Ma'aikatan fina-finai na 25 na gida, inda Sean O'Brien ya yi aiki kuma mahaifinsa mai kula da harkokin sufuri ne, yana samun suna don karbar 'yan fim na Hollywood. A cikin 1994, an yanke wa wani babban wakilin ƴan fim ɗin Local 25 hukuncin dauri kan zargin haɗa baki da gwamnatin tarayya da ke da alaƙa da wani shiri da ya shafi ƴan ƴan ƴan fim don karɓo cin hanci daga shugabannin fina-finai.

A 2003, George Cashman ya yi laifi tuhume-tuhume biyu da suka shafi hada baki da suka shafi almubazzaranci da tsare-tsare na karbar kudi kuma an yanke masa hukuncin zaman gidan yari na tarayya. O'Brien ya yi takara don ofishin gida a 2006 akan abin da Damiano ya kira "filin ra'ayin mazan jiya." O'Brien ya ce: "Muna bukatar mu koma ga dabi'unmu na tsohuwar makaranta," in ji O'Brien. "Koma ga abin da ya sanya mu nasara." "Dabi'un tsofaffin makaranta" jimla ce da aka ɗora a cikin siyasar Teamster, tana komawa zuwa zamanin sarrafa 'yan zanga-zanga da tashin hankali tare da tsananin son rai ga "shugaba mai ƙarfi."

O'Brien da sauri ya haɗa kansa tare da Hoffa a matakin ƙasa kuma ya sami lada ta hanyar ƙara shi zuwa slate Hoffa. An zabe shi mataimakin shugaban kasa na kasa da kasa na yankin gabas a 2011. Hoffa ya sake saka wa O'Brien ta hanyar sanya masa suna mai kula da kari da mahayan zuwa kwangilar UPS ta kasa ta 2013. Yayin da kwangilar ƙasa ta 2013 ta wuce ta mafi ƙarancin rinjaye, an sake kada kuri'a akai-akai saboda fushin membobin da ba dole ba.

"O'Brien ya haɗu da ƙarin shawarwarin kwangila a cikin 2013," in ji shafin yanar gizon Teamsters United, "lokacin da membobin 18 sun ƙi yin watsi da rikodi na yanki da na gida da mahayi." Hoffa, prefiguring ayyukansa a 2018, duk da haka sanya kasa kwangila da kari a kan fushi memba a 2014. O'Brien ya ce kuma bai yi wani abu don adawa da wannan.

A 2013, Rhode Island Teamsters samu dandana na O'Brien ta "tsohuwar-makaranta dabi'u" a lõkacin da ya kai tsaye tsoma baki a zaben Local 251. Fuskantar da wani karfi kalubale daga TDU-aligned Slate na sake fasalin jagorancin UPS direba Matt Taibi, tsohon mai gadi Joe Bairos ya kira O'Brien don neman taimako. A wani taro na tara kuɗi, O'Brien ƙyacẽwar ramuwar gayya ga duk wanda ya zaɓi Taibi da takardar sa ta United Action:

"Ina da labari a gare ku, duk wanda ya dauki abokina, Joe Bairos da tawagarsa, ko Local 251, suna da manyan matsaloli." O'Brien ya ce, bisa ga bayanan da aka samu na taron zauren ƙungiyar a tsibirin Rhode a lokacin ƙarshen bazara. “Ba za su taɓa zama abokanmu ba. Suna bukatar a hukunta su. Suna bukatar a hukunta su, kuma a yi musu hukunci kan abin da suka aikata, tare da kokarin rarrabawa da ruguza wannan yankin.'

An tuhumi O'Brien da tsoratar da membobi da dakatar da shi kwana goma sha hudu ta hanyar Boar Review Mai zaman kantad, wata hukumar ladabtarwa ta dokar amincewa da gwamnatin tarayya ta kafa a shekarar 1989 wadda ta ba da tabbacin zabukan fidda-gwani ba tare da barazanar tashin hankali da tsoratarwa ba.

Amma har zuwa yanzu mafi girman abin da ya faru na mulkin O'Brien shine top Cheffiasco. Shahararriyar jerin dafa abinci akan Bravo tsohon samfurin Padma Lakshmi ne ke karbar bakuncinsa. A ranar 10 ga Yuni, 2014. top Chef An fara yin fim a gidan cin abinci na Karfe & Rye a Milton, wani yanki na Boston, ba tare da ma'aikatan ƙungiyar ba. Sakatare-Ma'aji Mark Harrington ne ya jagoranta layukan tsinke na gida 25.

Maimakon a mai da hankali kan yin amfani da ayyukan da ba na haɗin kai ba, an sami fashewar ɓatancin wariyar launin fata, jima'i, da kyamar Islama, gami da barazanar, “Wannan ita ce kyakkyawa. Muna son mu fasa mata fuska.” Ayyukan ma'aikatan O'Brien kusan an rubuta su gaba ɗaya wayar salula. Masu gabatar da kara na tarayya a Boston, wadanda ke da dogon tarihin kin amincewa, da sauri suka yi tsalle kan karar kuma suka tuhumi memba na Local 25 guda biyar ciki har da Mark Harrington don karbar kudi a karkashin dokar. Dokar Hobbes.

Harrington ya tabbata cewa za a yanke masa hukunci ya yi laifi, yayin da wasu hudu suka je kotu. An yi sa'a don motsin aiki, juri ya dawo a ba-laifi hukunci. Hukunci zai yi tasiri mai tsanani ga haƙƙin ma'aikata na zabar ma'aikata a duk faɗin ƙasar. Hukuncin alkalan ba, duk da haka, ya kawar da wariyar launin fata da son zuciya da mutanen O'Brien suka nuna. O'Brien ya yi watsi da zargin wariyar launin fata da farko "fiction a mafi kyau," amma an tilasta masa ya ci kalamansa bayan faifan mutanensa ya bayyana.

O'Brien ya sake nuna "dabi'un makarantarsa" ta hanyar cin zarafi da wulakanci ga wakilan gyara a taron Teamsters a watan Yuni 2016 a Las Vegas. Ofishin mai kula da zaɓe na ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyar ya binciki halayensa da na sauran wakilan Hoffa, kuma yayin da ba a ɗauka cewa ya kai matakin hana zaɓen ba, wani mai bincike ya ruwaito cewa O'Brien "karya" zuwa gare su. O'Brien ya ci gaba da ba da ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙuri'a daga ƙungiyar sa ta gida wacce ta amince da sake zaɓen Hoffa.

Domin amincinsa, Hoffa ya nada O'Brien darektan Rukunin Kunshin Teamsters a watan Fabrairun 2017, inda ya kafa shi ya zama babban mai sasantawa kan kwangilar 2018. "Tare da kwarewar Sean, sha'awarta da kuma sadaukar da kai ina da yakinin cewa zai jagoranci gwagwarmayar mambobinmu don cimma yarjejeniya mai karfi," ya ce hoffa

Fred Zuckerman bai ji dadin haka ba, "UPS Teamsters sun zabi sabon jagoranci don yin gwagwarmayar kwangila mai karfi," in ji shi. "Maimakon haka, Hoffa yana yin aikin sake karantawa wanda ya kawo karshen tattaunawar da ta gabata kuma ya sanya kwangilar rauni da rangwame." O'Brien asalin fadowa-fito tare da Hoffa ya toshe hawansa zuwa Babban Shugaban Teamster, don haka ya nemi wata hanya. Idan aka yi la’akari da bayanan da O’Brien ya yi, babban kuskure ne TDU ta amince da shi a matsayin Janar na Shugaban kasa tare da ba shi siffar mai kawo sauyi.

Ina Masu Tawagar Zasu Tafi?

James P. Hoffa Jr. ya kasance shugaban kungiyar na tsawon shekaru ashirin. Ya lashe zabuka biyar a jere. Duk da nasarar da ya samu, Hoffa bai taba zama shugaba na musamman ba. Idan har ya yi ritaya kamar yadda ake tsammani, akwai yiyuwar jam'iyyar tsofaffin masu gadin da ya dogara da ita a matsayin karfin ikonsa za ta rikide zuwa fafatawa da juna, mai yiyuwa nuna adawar yankin.

Kamar yadda zabukan Teamster da suka gabata ya nuna, idan tsohon mai gadi ya rabu biyu ko uku, masu gyara suna da mafi kyawun damar samun nasara; abin da ya faru ke nan a zaben fidda gwani na farko da ya kawo Ron Carey kan karagar mulki a shekarar 1991. Duk da haka, yayin da ya rage kusan shekaru biyu a gudanar da zaben, kowa zai yi hasashen adadin ‘yan takara da ’yan takara nawa ne za su yi yakin neman zaben na farko a zaben. ƙungiyar kuma ko tsarin gyara yana da kyakkyawar dama.

Dukkanin ƴan takarar da aka sanar ko kuma masu yuwuwar zama shugaban ƙasa - har zuwa yanzu, matsayi mafi ƙarfi a cikin Teamsters - suna ɗaukar manyan kaya na siyasa tare da su ko kuma suna da yuwuwar kwarangwal a cikin ɗakunan su, don haka yana da wuya a san nawa ne daga cikinsu za su kai ga nasara. gama layin. Misali, wani shugaban Teamster mai kishi, Rome Aloise, Sakatare-Ma'aji na Local 853, wanda shekaru biyu. fitarwa daga ƙungiyar gamayya a ƙarshen wannan shekara, tana shirin tsayawa takarar shugaban ƙasa. Ta yaya zai yi tunanin zai iya zama dan takara ba tare da an yi masa cikakken bincike ba?

Batutuwan da jagorancin Teamster na gaba zai fuskanta - ci gaba da haɓakar giant Amazon, fatan koma bayan tattalin arziki na gaba da ke lalata masana'antar jigilar kayayyaki na gargajiya, manyan motoci masu tuka kansu, sa ido a wuraren aiki, manyan batutuwan lalata muhalli da kuma yanayin ƙungiyar zuwa ga. Sabuwar Yarjejeniya ta Koren - ba za ta tafi ba. Babu ɗaya daga cikin ƴan takarar da aka sanar ko masu yuwuwar tsayawa takarar shugaban ƙasa na Teamster General da ya kai aikin tunkarar su. Ƙungiyoyin sun daɗe don samun canji na asali bayan shekaru ashirin na tsayawa.