There are many other people at our job who stand up for their rights and are singled out for it – it’s always easier to single out those who stand alone, so I beg you to stand with those who stand up for all of our rights. That’s our strength. That’s what it means when we say: “United we stand, divided we fall.”
It’s an odd feeling to be threatened with the loss of your job as a result of doing something both your contract and state and federal law allow you to do. I was always aware that I might someday be in a position to choose between doing the right thing and facing retaliation. I was never sure if I was strong enough to stand up and do the right thing – that is, until it happened to me. Read more…
The Teamsters have endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States. And with the Democratic primary race as close as it’s ever been, it’s important for PA voters who want to make a difference to make sure they’re registered in time for the primary on April 22.
The deadline for registration, as Dave Davies noted in the Philadelphia Daily News a couple days ago, is midnight on March 24, 2008. (But even if you’re not registered in time for the primary vote, it’s still important to be registered for the general election in November.)
