FC: Teamsters website endorses TIPS informant plan

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:20:26 -0700 (MST)
From: Drew <drew () limpwrist com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Cc: <feedback () teamster org>
Subject: Re: FC: Teamsters reportedly prepared to endorse TIPS informant plan

Declan,

The Teamsters website already has a graphic proclaiming "Teamsters Support
OPERATION TIPS" that links to a July 19, 2002 story headlined "Truckers
May Help With National Security".

Graphic:

http://www.teamster.org/images/cp_op-tips.jpg

Story:

http://www.teamster.org/02news/hn_020719_1.htm

In general, I support the Teamsters and organized labor as a whole.  Even
though I am not a member, I walked picket lines alongside members of Local
104 in support of their 1997 strike against UPS.

If this rumor is true, I hope the union membership will oust Hoffa at the
earliest possible opportunity as he is wasting time, energy and goodwill
trying to curry favor with an administration that is sure to stab the
Teamsters in their collective backs.

(If you publish this response, please remove my email address.  Thanks.)

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Drew

On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> The person who sent this to us is a Washington reporter I know and trust.
> Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03799.html
>
> The Teamsters union (http://www.teamster.org/about/division.htm) is
> composed of millions of workers, including flight attendants, pilots,
> parking attendants, construction workers, truck drivers, mechanics,
> manufacturing workers, police, city bus drivers, local government clerks,
> convention workers, hotel workers, zookeepers, and so on.
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