Worldwide, union members are facing hostile lawmakers looking for scapegoats for economic troubles. International solidarity is essential if the labor movement is going to successfully challenge the global race to the bottom for wages and benefits.

Many Teamster allies from overseas attended the Convention, including: Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the union in Great Britain; Tony Sheldon, National Secretary of the Australian Transport Workers Union; Rosa Pavanelli, General Secretary of Public Services International, a global union federation of hundreds of unions representing 20 million workers in 154 countries; Ariel Jacobi, General Secretary of IUGE in Israel; and Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress.

“I’m incredibly proud of the work that we are doing with our partners like the Teamsters Union…You are the most iconic trade union on our planet and you should be proud of your history,” said McCluskey, head of Britain’s largest trade union. “Working together with the Teamsters, we have already achieved great successes.”

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