Teamsters facts for kids

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (also just called the Teamsters) is an American labor union of truck drivers. With over 1.4 million members, it is one of the largest unions in the United States.

History

The Teamsters was founded in 1903, when most packages and other goods were delivered by a team of horses or oxen.

Images for kids

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  Cornelius Shea, first General President of the Teamsters, circa 1905

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  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.

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  A Teamsters gathering at the YearlyKos 2007 convention

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  Teamsters headquarters located beside Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

See also

In Spanish: Hermandad internacional de camioneros para niños