Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa was greeted by cheers early Friday morning as workers at the Croydon FedEx Freight yard welcomed the General President of their new union. View more photos from the event, here.

The 47 drivers overwhelmingly voted to join Teamsters Local 107 on Oct. 14 and became the first FedEx Freight location to join the Teamsters in the United States. With one successful vote for change under their belt, they are ready to make another next month.

“I was honored that Jim Hoffa came by to congratulate us on our victory and help get out the vote for November this morning,” said driver Gary Loftus.  “I voted to join Teamsters Local 107 to change my future and now I’m ready to help change Pennsylvania’s future by voting on Nov. 4.”

Following his visit with the FedEx Freight drivers, Hoffa spoke to workers at three other worksites, including a visit to the Liquor Control Board Distribution Center with gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf. Wolf received the endorsement of the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters earlier this year, and said now is the time for workers to make their voices heard.

“This is our chance to take back our society to make it work for people who are building families and want family-sustaining jobs,” he said. “This is not just another same old, same old election. This is really a referendum on our future. And in a democracy, voting is how we make that decision. If we don’t vote, we don’t win. If we don’t vote in this election, we’re not going to get the future we want.”

Hoffa also stressed how important voting on Nov. 4 was to the future of the state.

“The strength of our union and working families in Pennsylvania is in our numbers,” Hoffa said. “We need to join together to vote for politicians that will support and believe in rebuilding the middle class.”

Hoffa will head west next week to Wisconsin and Illinois where he will continue his efforts to mobilize members across the country to vote in November.

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