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i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka makahiki i hala e pili ana i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana
ka AFL-CIO, nā lālā o Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU).
me ka pihoihoi a me ka hopohopo e like me ko lakou alakai hui aupuni
Ua wehewehe pinepine ʻia ʻo ia he "kipi," "kūʻē,"
a "mea hoʻoponopono."
No ʻekolu mau makahiki, ua hoʻohana mau ʻia ia mau lepili i TDU
nā mea hoʻoikaika-no ke kumu maikaʻi-akā ʻaʻole loa i kahi pelekikena Teamster
kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻoihana conservative o ka uniona. James P. Hoffa
Ua loaʻa iā ia kēia mau sobriquets media ma ke ʻano he hoa moe ʻē aʻe o Service
ʻO nā limahana (SEIU) Pelekikena Andy Stern a me kāna haʻihaʻi AFL-CIO
ʻO ka hui, i kapa ʻia ʻo Change to Win Coalition (CTWC). Eia naʻe, i kēia manawa
e paʻi i nā kiʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao, ʻike nā mea hana he nui i nā hōʻike liʻiliʻi
Ua "hoʻololi ko lākou hui ponoʻī e lanakila" mai ka wā i lawe ai ʻo Hoffa
keʻena ʻewalu makahiki aku nei.
He mea nui kēia i kēia manawa no ka mea ʻo Hoffa, ʻaʻole like me Stern, ke koho hou ʻia nei—
ʻaʻole ma kahi hui uniona maʻamau i hoʻomalu ʻia e nā limahana o ke keʻena nui
a me nā luna, akā ma kahi koho lālā e pili ana i 1.4 miliona Teamsters
i Nowemapa. Ma ka ʻaha hoʻomanaʻo makahiki 30 o TDU i ka hāʻule i hala,
Ua kōkua ʻo 300 rank-and-filers i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hoʻolaha "Dump Hoffa".
ka mea i loaʻa ka ikaika mai ia manawa mai. ʻO Tom kā lākou moho
ʻO Leedham, he luna kūloko o Portland, Oregon i holo kūʻē iā Jimmy
ʻO ke keiki a Hoffa i ka makahiki 1998 a me 2001 i ka wā i lanakila ai ka hope i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana.
ʻO nā mea hui e hiki iā ia ke "hoʻihoʻi i ka mana" i nalowale
mai ko Hoffa, Sr.
I loko o hoʻokahi mahina, hōʻiliʻili nā lālā TDU i nā pūlima 50,000 pono
no ka hōʻoia mua ʻana o Leedham's "Strong Contracts,
ʻO nā Pensions maikaʻi" i ka hoʻoilo i hala. A laila lanakila nā kākoʻo Leedham
Hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻelele ʻaha kūkā ma mua o ka hapalua o nā heihei kūloko a lākou
komo, hāʻawi i ka mea hoʻokūkū o Hoffa i ke kākoʻo e pono ai
koho ʻia ma ka hui ʻo Teamster e hiki mai ana. Iloko
ʻO ka Teamsters, ʻo Leedham a me kāna papa e hōʻuluʻulu nei i nā lālā kūʻē
ka mea a lākou i kapa ai he "unionism ʻoihana kaulana" - ʻo Hoffa
hilinaʻi i nā mea kūkākūkā PR, ma mua o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā lālā
i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana, a me ka hahau ʻana. Akā i kēia makahiki ʻo Hoffa-
Ke hoʻomaka nei ka hoʻokūkū Leedham e lilo i referendum no nā nīnau koʻikoʻi
e alo ana i na hana a pau—ua hoopaapaa iki ia kekahi
i ka makahiki aku nei. Inā lanakila ʻo Leedham, ʻo ka alignment o nā uniona aupuni i kēia manawa,
ma loko a ma waho o ka AFL-CIO, hiki ke hoʻololi pū kekahi.
ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi o Leedham ʻo ka ʻoki penikala a me ka mālama ola kino
e pili ana i nā haneli haneli o nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa, ʻeleu a hoʻomaha.
Ua uhi ʻia ka hapa nui o nā Teamsters ma nā ʻoihana nui e ka pono o Taft-Hartley
a me nā kālā hoʻomaha i loaʻa nā kahu uniona (me ka hui).
ʻImi ʻia e nā ʻoihana waiwai e like me United nā hōʻemi pōmaikaʻi hou
Ua hoʻokō ʻia ka Parcel Service (UPS) e nā ʻelele hui
pili loa me Hoffa—a ʻaʻole hauʻoli nā lālā no ia mea.
"Ua hoʻomaka wau e hoʻokele manawa piha ma UPS ma 1990 a ua loaʻa
hana ʻelima makahiki hapa manawa," wahi a ka mea hoʻokele kaʻa ʻo Kansas City
Ross Thompson. "ʻO kaʻu pahuhopu ʻo ka hānai ʻana i koʻu ʻohana a hoʻomaha
makahiki 55. I kēia manawa me he mea lā e koi ʻia ana au e hana a hiki i
ʻO 59 wau inā makemake wau e hōʻiliʻili i kahi penikala piha.
ʻO ka ʻaelike aupuni e pili ana iā Thompson a me 200,000 mau limahana UPS ʻē aʻe
e pau ana i ka mahina o Iulai aʻe—ʻo ia ke kumu nui e loaʻa ai ke kahua o Leedham
ma waena o nā lālā ʻoluʻolu i ka hui nui loa o ka hui
hui. "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻae iā Hoffa e kūkākūkā i kahi ʻaelike UPS hou,"
hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Dan Scott, ke kākau ʻōlelo puʻukū o Seattle Local 174 a me
he moho no Teamster hope-peresidena ma ka papa o Leedham.
"Ua loaʻa iā ia ke kūlana kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma 2002 ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae
o kā mākou hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka makahiki 1997-akā ua hoʻoholo pōkole ʻo ia. ʻO ka hui
ua hoʻopau ʻia ka leverage bargaining e ka hoʻokele
ka loaʻa ʻana o Overnite Transportation, kahi lole kūʻē i ka uniona
ka mea i lanakila i ka pōʻino i alakaʻi ʻia e Hoffa i ka makahiki 2002. He ʻumi kaukani
Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā limahana Overnite mua e UPS Freight, kahi hui ʻole
mahele o ka hui. Wahi a Scott: "Pono mākou e hoʻoneʻe i nā ʻumi
o na tausani o na lala Teamster—ko makou mea hoonohonoho maikai loa—ma
he hoʻolaha aupuni i hui pū ʻia ma UPS.
No ka
i ka Mei i hala, ua olelo wale ka Hoffa hooponopono
"E nānā pono" i nā hana hou o ka UPS/Overnite Freight
"e hōʻoia i nā hana a nā lālā ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia."
Hope-peresidena Teamster, Ken Hall, ke poʻo o ka UPS o ka hui
mahele, hai aku i ka
Wall Street Pai
ana i ike mua ai
Ua lilo nā limahana o overnite i ʻāpana o ka hui like "ʻohana
me nā limahana UPS ʻē aʻe” ma o ke kālepa ʻana me ka hui.
He kanalua ka poʻe TDU no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i nā hōʻailona o ke ʻano o ke kaua
ʻoihana ʻaelike i hiki ai i nā Teamsters ke hana i kahi holomua like
i ka makahiki 1997 i ka wā i alakaʻi ai ka mea mua o Hoffa, ʻo Ron Carey, i ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa
hele-waho ma luna o ka pilikia o ka hapa-manawa.
E hele ana nā mea hana hoʻoponopono i ka hui ʻo Teamster i ka hopena o Iune
me nā manaʻo no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kahu mālama kālā pōmaikaʻi
e hoʻololi i nā kumuwaiwai nui aʻe i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana. E like me ka wā ma mua, ʻo lākou
e manao ana i ka hoohuli ana o Hoffa i na dala o ka aie iloko o na eke
o na luna uku nui. Ma lalo o Carey, i koho ʻia i ka honua
nā kūlana uniona—e like me Leedham (i kona wā i lawelawe ai ma Teamster Warehouse
luna o ka mahele ma ka waena o 1990s)—ua kaupalena ʻia i hoʻokahi
uku uku. Mahalo iā Hoffa, ma kahi o 150 mau luna i loaʻa ka piha
uku no kēlā me kēia o nā mea ʻelua, ʻekolu, a i ʻole ʻehā i koho ʻia a koho ʻia
nā kūlana a lākou e paʻa ai ma ka pae hui kaiaulu, kūloko, a me ke aupuni.
Ma kahi kokoke i $45 miliona ma Teamster dues kālā e hele pololei i ka 300
nā luna i uku nui ʻia ma ka hui.
Hāʻawi ka pūnaewele kākoʻo pilikino iā Hoffa i kahi kālā nui
lihi i ka hoʻolaha o kēia manawa. Hōʻike nā hōʻike koho Teamster,
ma ka lā 31 o Ianuali, ua hāpai mua ka Pelekikena Teamster e pili ana
$1 miliona ma nā haʻawina—ʻoi aku ma mua o 95 pakeneka o ia mea mai
nā luna hui manawa piha (me kāna mau limahana a me nā mea i koho ʻia
hāʻawi i 30 pakeneka o ka huina). He 4 pakeneka wale no o ko Hoffa
hāʻawi nā mea hāʻawi i lalo o $ 100 aʻo 60 pākēneka kiki i ʻoi aku ma mua o
$1,000 pakahi.
ʻO Leedham, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke hāʻawi nei i ka pāpale i nā hui kūlana a me nā faila
a puni ka ʻāina kahi e kani ai kāna ʻōlelo ma waena o nā mea kahiko
Hoffa fans. Ma kahi kia Legion ʻAmelika ma Braintree, Massachusetts
i Pepeluali i hala, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Leedham i kahi lehulehu o 100 Teamsters hana
mai 5 okoa New England kamaaina. E like me kāna ʻimi ʻana i ka haki
nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki a me nā manaʻolana i hoʻokō ʻole ʻia o ka hoʻokele Hoffa,
ua hoʻohui nā lālā o ka lehulehu i kā lākou hoʻopiʻi ponoʻī e pili ana i kahi hana
nā ʻōhumu, nā ʻoki penikala, ka palekana o ka hana, a me ka nele o nā lālā
hoʻonaʻauao a hoʻonohonoho papahana. I ke noi ʻana o kekahi i kahi hōʻike
o ka nui o ka rumi i koho mua ia Hoffa, ka hapa nui
hāpai i ko lākou mau lima. ʻAʻole lākou e hana hewa like
hou, hāʻawi i kekahi mau kaukani kālā ma ke kālā a me nā hoʻohiki mahina
no ka hooikaika ana o Leedham.
ʻAʻole pili kēia ʻano hoʻopaʻa paʻa i ke koho balota
phenomena i ka Teamsters. He hōʻike ia i ka makahiki a puni
ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hana a TDU, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi a me ka maikaʻi o ka hana
ʻaha kūkā hoʻoponopono. Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1975, ua hoʻomau hou ʻo TDU
iā ia iho a huki i nā poʻe hou ma o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hoʻolaha kūloko i
e hoʻokalaka i nā hana uniona, e hōʻike i ka palaho mau loa, a me ka mana
nā kahu kūʻai ma ka hoʻokō ʻaelike a me ke kālepa. “ʻO koʻu kamaʻāina
e alakaʻi ʻia ana ka uniona e kahi mea i koho ʻia e Hoffa, kāna luna hoʻokele hōʻikeʻike kālepa aupuni, "
wahi a Kevin McNiff, he mea hoʻoneʻe hale a me ka mea hana hōʻikeʻike kālepa ma Boston.
“Ua hauʻoli ka nui o nā kāne i ka mea e hana nei
kā mākou mau ʻaelike a me nā pōmaikaʻi. No laila ua hoʻopili mākou iā TDU, nāna i aʻo mai iā mākou
ko mākou mau pono a kōkua iā mākou e hakakā no lākou.
McNiff, ka mea e hele ana i ka hui ʻo Teamster ma ke ʻano he ʻokoʻa
ʻelele i hāʻawi ʻia iā Leedham, alakaʻi i kahi huakaʻi lālā TDU ma Local
82 me kāna hoa hana ʻo Billy McDonald. Ma kahi kokoke i 100 mau lālā i hui pū—hoʻokahi hapaono
o ka nui o na lala o ka aina. Ma Malaki ua hoʻonohonoho lākou i kahi
holomua ka hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono kānāwai. Aponoia maluna o na kue ikaika
o 82 Kakauolelo-Puuku John Perry, ke koi nei na kanawai hou
e koho ia na puuku a me na lala komite kukakuka
ma mua o ke koho ʻia, piʻi ka uku o ka luna a me ka waihona kālā
pono e ʻae ʻia nā koho kahu e ka lālā, a me ka ʻāina
pono e alakaʻi ʻia nā koho balota ma ka leka uila ma lalo o ka mākaʻikaʻi
o kahi oihana hoowahawaha ole.
"mākou
makemake e kau i nā hoʻoholo hou aʻe ma ka lima o nā lālā,"
wehewehe ʻo Joe Wright, he mea hoʻolale kālepa i kōkua i ka hoʻolauna ʻana i ka
nā hoʻololi.
Ke kali nei nā hoʻololi kānāwai kūloko 82 i ka ʻae ʻia e Teamster
ʻO ka Pelekikena Hoffa, ʻaʻole ia e like me Wright
no ka pale ʻana i nā pono kūhelu a i ʻole ka waiho ʻana i ka mana ma nā lima o ka
kūlana a me ka waihona. No nā lālā o Local 82, ʻo ia kekahi kumu
no ke aha ka manawa e hoʻololi ai i nā pelekikena pū kekahi.
Steve
ʻO Early kahi mea hana uniona ma Boston e kākau nei
ʻO ka hana hoʻoponopono Teamster mai 1977 no
Palapala Hana
,
ka
Nation
, ka
e holumua ai
,
In These Times
, ka
ʻO Boston Globe,
ka
Ke nānā ʻepekema Karistiano,
ka
Ka Los Angeles Times,
ka
Wall Street
Nupepa, Nupepa
, a me nā puke ʻē aʻe he nui.