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    :: Thursday, May 12, 2005 ::

    Teamsters Lead Reform Coalition to Strengthen Unions, Empower Workers IBT, Yahoo News
    The middle class is under attack in this country and workers desperately need a strong labor movement to give them a voice at work and dignity on the job, Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President, said Monday at the annual Teamsters Unity Conference. That is why the Teamsters Union is leading a reform coalition of unions dedicated to devoting the resources and the energy necessary to produce rapid growth in the labor movement.
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