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[EdHeisler]

Richard Trumka: Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
May 9, 2011
By Mike Elk

Last week, Salon Editor at Large Joan Walsh wrote a widely circulated article titled “Richard Trumka Declares Labor's Independence.” While I admire Joan Walsh’s willingness to cover labor issues (could it be because she used to work for In These Times?) and think the piece was well-intentioned, she failed to ask the tough questions about why the AFL-CIO president had failed to deliver on earlier promises of seeking political independence from a Democratic Party that has proven indifferent to the needs and goals of organized labor.

As a journalist who does not cover the day-to-day internal politics of unions as I do, I can see why Walsh would allow such a claim by Trumka to go unchallenged. But the truth is that Trumka’s talk of political independence is shallow and weak. Most labor leaders make the same speech about political independence every two years in the off-year before a congressional election. Then, when the election comes around, labor leaders often twist arms to get mortgages signed on their headquarters so they can give even more money to the Democratic Party in the final days before the vote.

The AFL-CIO has not talked of restarting the Labor Party experiment of the late 1990s, which several unions, including Trumka’s own the United Mine Workers, backed. Indeed, the labor movement has bowed to the wishes of the Democratic Party by not fostering electoral efforts like New York’s Working Families Party in other states that allow fusion balloting, such as Ohio.

In other words, the labor movement has no plan to declare political independence from the Democratic Party other than to spend money on electing Democrats through its own channels, rather than giving it to the Democratic Party to spend.

Read the complete article at:
http://www.intheseti...saying_nothing/

Note: James P. Hoffa is pretty much following the same political "strategy" as Richard Trumka. Except Hoffa sometimes endorses Democratic candidates for Congress without mentioning they are running as Democratic Party candidates! Just an oversight I'm sure. He just forgets what party they represent. Sure he does. Really.

Like this news release indicating Hoffa's endorsement of Shelley Berkley for U.S. Senator from Nevada:


Teamsters Endorse U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley For Senate
May 19, 2011
Press Contact
David White
(WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union is proudly backing U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley in her election campaign for U.S. Senate for the state of Nevada, the union announced today.

Since Berkley was first elected to Congress in 1999, she has been committed to creating jobs, protecting retirement and securing more resources for education and transportation for Nevada.

“Shelley Berkley will fight for working families and retirees,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “With her strong commitment to creating and keeping good-paying jobs in Nevada, Berkley has assured us that when it comes to selling out American jobs through so-called ‘free trade’ deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, she will oppose them.”

With Teamster local unions in Las Vegas and Reno, members will mobilize to get out the vote for Berkley to protect and strengthen working family values in the state.

http://www.teamster....-berkley-senate



Donald Trump and Shelley Berkley
Chairman and President of the Trump Organization Donald Trump jokes with Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) during an opening ceremony for the Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas April 11, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 64-story, 1.2 billion luxury condominium hotel opened to guests on March 31.

The baboon and Shelley make a lovely couple.

[dumfck]

his speech on c-span today sounded like way more than nothing you ed are an anti teamster anti union piece of crap blow it out your ass heisler

[EdHeisler]

Your self chosen name "dumfck" fits you perfectly.

I didn't expect you to write a literate response to the article.

Do you know why?

Because you're a dumfck!

The case is closed on you .... dumfck.

[11:58pm]

Ed Heister and Sherman are the most anti-union, anti teamster assholes on TNet. That's just they way it is. Every house sees atleast one rat and one roach in it's lifetime.

[EdHeisler]

11:58pm, on May 21 2011 - 02:01 AM, said:

Ed Heister and Sherman are the most anti-union on TNet.

Do you have an opinion on the article or is writing an intelligent response beyond your ability?

I see you're still trying to turn TeamsterNet into a marginal trash talk board.

Civil debate and discussion is beyond your mental abilities.

The ramblings of you, your pal "dumfck" and assorted fellow dumfcks make it appear that mainly illiterate right-wing nutjobs that barely made it out of elementary school inhabit this website.

[teamstersTshirtman]

Civil debate and discussion with an unreasonable person such as yourself is impossible. Your false sense of omnipotency and general know it all attitude will never let it happen. Your best days are behind you Ed, all the work you did with the Natl Right to work committee, Socialist workers of American and lets not forget your days as a ratbastard snitch for the FBI. Now get back under your rock, asshole.

PS. Bob Doss says 'Hello'

[EdHeisler]

teamstersTshirtman, on May 21 2011 - 06:40 AM, said:

Ed, all the work you did with the Natl Right to work committee

And the creep who sells non-union t-shirts (he refuses to reveal who manufacturers his t-shirts) joins the trash talk club.

He also works as hard as he can to discredite TeamsterNet and turn it into a marginal trash talk board dominated by a few right-wing nut jobs like himself.

Like most of his crapola, his claim that I worked for the National Right to Work Committee is total b.s.

Demand he prove it and he comes up empty.

And you'll notice, he also finds it impossible to comment with a minimum degree of intelligence on the article!

It's beyond his mental abilities.

Is your head still stuck tshirtman?

Go see your pal "dumfck", he'll pull it out for ya!

[teamstersTshirtman]

Ed, I dont hide who I buy my TEAMSTER MANUFACTURED IN THE USA goods from, all my clients know - I just wont tell YOU. Is my claim that you are a 'former' FBI INFORMANT total BS? Can anyone here trust you? Fuck no. Am I trusted? Well, I have quite a few posters here credit card numbers on file..... That should say something. Do I keep my promises? Nobody here can say I dont. Ed, I have personally met dozens of posters/readers from Tnet and we all agree that it is people like YOU that are turning Tnet into a shithouse graffiti board. Now, where is that Doss letter?

[Farley]

missed the Trumka speech...I don't like the guy ever since he assisted Ron carey and the toodleoo in embezzeling and laundering IBT and DRIVE funds back in 1996....Trumka should follow Sweeney into retirement...and maybe then, Labor could become united again....I would oppose reaffiliation with the AFL-CIO until Trumka is gone or at least comes clean and apologizes for his part in the Carey-toodleoo corruption issue

[EdHeisler]

teamstersTshirtman, on May 21 2011 - 07:33 AM, said:

Ed, I dont hide who I buy my TEAMSTER MANUFACTURED IN THE USA goods

More evasion from the tshirtboy.

Instead of honest answers he launches yet more personal attacks on other subjects in order to divert attention from the following:

1. He refuses to say publicly on TeamsterNet what company makes the scab t-shirts he pitches.

2. He won't provide the slightest shred of evidence to back up his claim that I worked for the National Right To Work Committee.

3. He refuses to provide any evidence that he's currently a Teamster member in good standing!

T-shirtman is nothing more than yet another right-wing Republican working hard at turning TeamsterNet into a marginal wasteland of trash talk increasingly isolated from the Teamster union membership.

CASE CLOSED!

Keep pounding away at that keyboard until your eyes bleed tshirtboy!

[11:58pm]

TShirt Man, can you produce a bonafide, up to date teamsters union dues receipt? I'm not saying you have to, I'm just saying because I know a lot of other people who come here and talk shit about our union can't.

[teamstersTshirtman]

You of all people actually give that fucktard some credibility? hahahaaa. I sure can. My dues are current with IBT Local 118 in Rochester, NY. Call up there and ask them if James L Ortiz is a member in good standing. I work for American Products in Rochester, the very same company that runs the IBT webstore and I'm on dues check off. Stop by the booth at the convention to see my dues receipt - I'm the 350lb gorrila.

These pics were taken a couple years back when I worked for Zubiewear. I left there 2 years ago and still have a wrongful termination lawsuit waiting for a trial date. The last thing I would ever want to do is say anything positive about that company but they sell AS I ALSO CONTINUE TO SELL the real deal, the genuine article - Tshirts sewn by TEAMSTERS. Ed's false claim that Zubie would sew in the tags on import stock is so outlandish I find it comical and continue to yank his chain about it to this day. Believe me, if zubie did a cut and sew job I would shout it from the mountaintops. Notice the tag is sewn in along with the collar - not sewn on after.

Ed, you are truly a dumbass - and a ratbastard snitch FBI informant. Now, please....FUCKOFF

[11:58pm]

Oh wow I was just up in the Finger Lakes area and I was just on the phone phone with your company. I was hoping they have the 9/11 10th Anniversary t shirts at the convention. I think they could sell thousands of them but I want to buy a few myself.
. Fucktard, LOL!

[teamstersTshirtman]

I'll find out if we have any left over. I know we brought a bunch back from the Building Trades Conferences. Not sure if we're taking any to the Convention.

[EdHeisler]

teamstersTshirtman, on May 22 2011 - 06:20 AM, said:

These pics were taken a couple years back when I worked for Zubiewear. I left there 2 years ago and still have a wrongful termination lawsuit

You "left" Zubiewear" or did they fire you? It can't be both. If you were a Teamster why didn't you file a union grievance against Zubiewear when they fired you and instead file a lawsuit?

Glad to see you fled and finally found a union job in New York some 2,000 miles away from Zubiewear. Where they after you for theft or some other illegal activity?

You still are refusing to provide any evidence to back up your claim that I was active in the National Right To Work Committee.

It's about time you put up or shut up on that accusation dummy.

TAKE THE FIRST STEP TSHIRTBOY!

[teamstersTshirtman]

Ed, go make an omelette or something with that egg on your face. You just got punked and are the only one too fucking hardheaded to see it. Go away cretin, crawl back under your rock. I answered enough of your questions even though I dont have shit to prove to a snitch bitch such as yourself. Why would I sue for wrongful term if I quit? Didnt you hear the MP3 file of my last 10 minutes there. I posted it here. You have spent so much time under your rock you are completely out of the loop. And I dont run from anybody. I stayed in San Antonio for a year after I left, stood 20' away from him in DC at the Building Trades for 3 days and even rode the same airplane home. His atty and the Bexar County court has always had my current address. I dont run or hide from him, you or anyone else. Maybe I was wrong about NRTW, but I dont hear any denials about your snitching activities for the FBI. As you are so fond of saying - "Isnt that right" Eddie Boy?

[EdHeisler]

teamstersTshirtman, on May 22 2011 - 09:55 AM, said:

I answered enough of your questions. I stayed in San Antonio for a year after I left. Maybe I was wrong about NRTW

So no one would hire you for over a year and you had to run 2,000 miles away! What the hell did you do to get fired by Zubiewear, steal something?

Once again you tried to dance around the questions. Let's give it another try.

If you were a Teamster why didn't you file a union grievance against Zubiewear when they fired you and instead filed a lawsuit? Perhaps because you weren't really a Teamster union member at Zubiewear?

And why did you make and repeat the false charge that I worked for the National Right To Vote Committee (NRTW) when you now admit you had no evidence to back up that claim?

[teamstersTshirtman]

EdHeisler, on May 22 2011 - 12:56 PM, said:

So no one would hire you for over a year and you had to run 2,000 miles away! No, cockbreath, I had a job before they fired me. What the hell did you do to get fired by Zubiewear, steal something? Nope.

Once again you tried to dance around the questions. Dance on a dick you ratbastard snitch motherfucker. Let's give it another try.

If you were a Teamster why didn't you file a union grievance against Zubiewear when they fired you and instead filed a lawsuit? Perhaps because you weren't really a Teamster union member at Zubiewear? Who said I didnt fie a greivance with the most chickenshit local officers in the GCC.? Or ULP's? Hence the lawsuit asshole

And why did you make and repeat the false charge that I worked for the National Right To Vote Committee (NRTW) when you now admit you had no evidence to back up that claim? For the same reason you FALSELY claim I sell bogus goods and dont pay dues - because i fucking felt like it. Now go eat a dick.

[teamstersTshirtman]

Ah, YES! The world famous Bob Doss letter. This never gets old. This is how people felt about you 10 years ago and its only gotten worse for your senile old ass.





Author: Bob Doss (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: 08-24-01 01:57

Although I will not have time to monitor this site as often as some I see here, I feel a need to have my say, so to speak. Unlike some others here I´m going to use my real name because there is nothing I´m going to say that is not true.

Ed, as I told you a couple of weeks ago when I talked to you, you cannot take everything you read here as the gospel. When you say that Hoffa has exceeded your worst expectations I wonder how you could possibly judge such a thing while holding up in some back room some where. The hard facts you speak of are what you read here. Your life has been reduced to reading the posts on this site and they have become your reality. Let me make a suggestion, come out of your hide out, get involved in some real life situations and maybe help out rather than hide behind your computer pretending to be something you are definately not. You seem to go out of your way to provolk and generally piss people off. Ed, we both know that in real life, face to face life that is, you always knew better than to do such a thing.

Let me explain to you how a retiree can be suspended from membership. After retiring you went to work and paid dues while you worked. When you stopped working you failed to go back on withdrawl, thus your current suspended status. Most real Teamsters know that it is their responsibiliy to get a withdrawl card when they are not working. Instead you try to blame the Local Union for not notifying you. As you might recall, notices have been posted at worksites as well as the Union Hall for years notifying members that it is their responsibility to get a withdrawl card.

NOW, for all you TDU Leedum lovers, ask that limp wristed noodle nipper if he recognizes my name, it would be the name that appeared on many phone messages to him while he was the National Warehouse Director. He never once returned one of my calls. Maybe he was just to busy watching as Kroger walked over smaller Local Unions across the country giving good Teamster jobs to third party operators. As far as I´m concerned he had no balls then and I´m not aware of anybody hanging a set on him since.

[MuffDiver]

teamstersTshirtman, on May 22 2011 - 02:24 PM, said:

Ah, YES! The world famous Bob Doss letter. This never gets old. This is how people felt about you 10 years ago and its only gotten worse for your senile old ass.





Author: Bob Doss (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: 08-24-01 01:57

Although I will not have time to monitor this site as often as some I see here, I feel a need to have my say, so to speak. Unlike some others here I´m going to use my real name because there is nothing I´m going to say that is not true.

Ed, as I told you a couple of weeks ago when I talked to you, you cannot take everything you read here as the gospel. When you say that Hoffa has exceeded your worst expectations I wonder how you could possibly judge such a thing while holding up in some back room some where. The hard facts you speak of are what you read here. Your life has been reduced to reading the posts on this site and they have become your reality. Let me make a suggestion, come out of your hide out, get involved in some real life situations and maybe help out rather than hide behind your computer pretending to be something you are definately not. You seem to go out of your way to provolk and generally piss people off. Ed, we both know that in real life, face to face life that is, you always knew better than to do such a thing.

Let me explain to you how a retiree can be suspended from membership. After retiring you went to work and paid dues while you worked. When you stopped working you failed to go back on withdrawl, thus your current suspended status. Most real Teamsters know that it is their responsibiliy to get a withdrawl card when they are not working. Instead you try to blame the Local Union for not notifying you. As you might recall, notices have been posted at worksites as well as the Union Hall for years notifying members that it is their responsibility to get a withdrawl card.

NOW, for all you TDU Leedum lovers, ask that limp wristed noodle nipper if he recognizes my name, it would be the name that appeared on many phone messages to him while he was the National Warehouse Director. He never once returned one of my calls. Maybe he was just to busy watching as Kroger walked over smaller Local Unions across the country giving good Teamster jobs to third party operators. As far as I´m concerned he had no balls then and I´m not aware of anybody hanging a set on him since.

Classic, and priceless post that has been posted here for years . Glad too see you found it, to remind everyone here about Heisler the F*cking RAT BASTARD & SNITCH ..
Ed, YOU SUCK !