Woman Running for General President of the Teamsters Union!

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The Woman Who Would Rule the Teamsters
October 13
By Stephen Franklin

Here are Sandy Pope’s credentials: She’s been a warehouse worker, truck driver and organizer, and climbed New York City Local 805’s ranks until becoming president in 2005 of the 1,100-plus worker organization.

But does that give her shot at becoming president of the giant Teamsters’ union?

Alexandra “Sandy” Pope thinks so, and this week she said he plans to face off with James P. Hoffa next year for the union presidency. “I’m the real Teamster,” she says. “Hoffa came out of a white collar job.”

She clearly has challenges to overcome. There’s never been a female president for the 1.3 million-member union whose membership, according to Pope, is about 30 percent female today.

Still, in her more than 30 years as a Teamster, Pope has been places where few female union members have set foot.

Read the full article at:

http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/6548/the_woman_who_would_rule_the_teamsters/

[kestrel91316]

1. Funky almost-OT comment:

I had a great-great-grandfather who was a teamster back in the day when that meant you drove a team of horses, mules, or oxen.

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2. I don't know if Sandy can ride a horse but I wouldn't be surprised!

Good luck to her.

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3. Put a new face on unions. I hope she wins.

She's very brave.

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4. Wonderful! I bow to my Teamster brothers and sisters as to who should win

but I admire her courage and drive! k/r

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5. Kick