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Where is TDU Going? The Plot Against Teamsters Reform
Edgar Esquivel, December 15, 2021
Edgar Esquivel takes issue with Teamsters for a Democratic Union's endorsement of Sean O'Brien in the latest Teamsters General Executive Board election. Read Article.
Cesar Chavez at 95: Debunking the Myth
Edgar Esquivel, March 31, 2022
Edgar Esquivel gives a counter-history to the mythology surrounding United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez. Read Article.
Setting the Record Straight: On the Trotskyist-led 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, the Teamsters Bureaucracy & its Aftermath
Edgar Esquivel, May 15, 2022
Trotskyist Teamsters took a leading role in a historic labor upsurge and clashed with a corrupt leadership under Dan Tobin. Twenty-four-year Teamster Edgar Esquivel tells the story. Read Article.
Thousands of Rail Workers Railroaded by the Teamsters Bureaucracy!
Edgar Esquivel, November 11, 2022
Edgar Esquivel reports on the recent contract negotiations of Teamsters-represented U.S. railroad workers and contextualizes the current struggle within the long history of militant railroad worker organizing. Read Article.
Will the Teamsters Finally End Their Love Affair with UPS? A Concise History of Teamster-UPS Relations
Edgar Esquivel, March 10, 2023
Edgar Esquivel details the long and tumultuous history of Teamster relations with United Parcel Service, showing a story of both class collaboration and rank-and-file resistance. Read Article.
The Part-Time Fight for $25 at UPS and the Betrayal of TDU
Edgar Esquivel, July 21, 2023
With UPS and the Teamsters at the negotiating table, Edgar Esquivel takes issue with those in the US Left who have tailed the leadership of Teamster President Sean O'Brien. Read Article.
Sean O'Brien's Pro-Business Unionism
Edgar Esquivel, January 17, 2024
Edgar Esquivel tells the story of how Sean O’Brien failed to end the Teamsters' love affair with UPS. Read Article.
A Review of 'Ron Carey and the Teamsters'
Edgar Esquivel, July 10, 2024
Edgar Esquivel catalogues the rise, fall, and redemption of Ron Carey and his work with the Teamsters. Read Article.
