More than 5,800 United Airline mechanics became Teamsters yesterday. When word of the nationwide election results reached the Teamsters Organizing Department moments after the votes were tallied, cheers and screams literally rang out.
The celebration capped a three-month frenzy of organizing activity. From January through March nearly 19,000 workers have chosen to be represented by the Teamsters. That figure nearly eclipses all of 2007’s organizing gains. In all of last year, roughly 21,000 men and women became Teamsters.
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