Visual Timeline
Check out these photos to get a visual concept of what makes the Teamsters Union so great.
1899: Team Driver’s International is formed. Local 25 of Boston is one of the original affiliates. John Callihan is President. The union’s headquarters are at 213 Franklin Street, Detroit, MI 
1899: George Innis was President of the Team Drivers International Union. He continued in a leadership role with the formation of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. 
1902 :Teamsters National Union is formed. They split from the Team Drivers over owner operator issues. Many of these members are located in Chicago. 
1902: Albert Young was President of the Teamsters National Union. 
1903: Sam Gompers, the founder of the AFL, convinces the two groups to reconcile. 
1903: The two groups meet in Niagara Falls and agree to merge, forming the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Cornelius Shea is General President and E L Turley is General Secretary Treasurer. 
1903: Convention badge 
1903: Cornelius Shea 
1903: Ed Turley 
1903: The charter for the newly formed International Brotherhood of Teamsters. 
1903-1909: Teamsters Headquarters was located at 141 E. Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 
1905: Teamster Convention held in Philadelphia. Note black and white workers are together. 
1905: In the days before motorized lift gates and pallet jacks, it took two Teamsters to move beer barrels off of the beer wagon. 
1905: Sympathy strikers join 4,600 Chicago Teamsters on strike against Montgomery Ward. The strike goes badly and 21 members are killed. The rising discontent of the members after the strike leads to calls for new national leadership.