Reform Officer Takes on Challenges Facing Women in Both the Teamsters and the Workplace by Marsha Niemeijer, Labor Notes
Sandy Pope is currently Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 805 in Queens, New York. Her local represents warehouse workers, truck drivers, office workers, and blue-collar university workers. Approximately 25% of the membership in her local are women.
Labor Notes interviewed Sandy and asked her what barriers she sees for women who want to be leaders in their union-to serve as an example for other women and in order to improve their union.