The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, the
Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Informal portrait of (left to right) Cornelius P. Shea, John Miller, Fred Mader, and Tim Murphy sitting in a row in a courtroom in Chicago, Illinois, during a labor trial. Murphy was a politician, union organizer, and reputed gangster, and he was murdered in 1928.
Jimmy Hoffa served as President from 1957 to 1971.
A Teamsters gathering at the YearlyKos 2007 convention
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A teamster is a truck driver or a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a labor union.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
…Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) had helped form local unions of teamsters since 1887. In November 1898, the AFL organized the Team Drivers' International Union (TDIU). In 1901, a group of teamsters in Chicago, Illinois, broke…
A modern teamster with his truck
Wagoner driving a team of four mules (US, 1914)
A carter (England, 1910)
A group of teamsters posing on a loaded wagon (Australia, 1924)