TEAMSTERS HONOR GENERAL PRESIDENT JIM HOFFA AT JAMES R. HOFFA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND DINNER

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LOS ANGELES, March 14, 2022

Hoffa to Retire Following 23-Year Vocation as Basic President

LOS ANGELES, March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Far more than a thousand attendees joined with each other for the 2022 James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund Evening meal in Los Angeles to honor Teamsters Common President Jim Hoffa as he approaches the end of his final expression as the head of the 1.4 million-member union.

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Hoffa declared he was retiring at the close of his latest phrase two a long time back and leaves the Teamsters Union as the 2nd-longest serving Normal President with 23 yrs at the helm. Hoffa was elected by immediate-members’ vote five times – 1998, 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016.

“I glimpse all-around this room and see the faces of men and women of all ages that I have experienced the honor of functioning with for far more than two decades,” mentioned Teamsters Basic President Jim Hoffa. “Jointly, we introduced this union back from the brink of financial wreck. We structured and constructed Teamster electric power by way of business-major contracts. We saved the pensions of hundreds of thousands of lively and retired associates. And we helped return the Teamsters to the most powerful union in the environment! Thank you for all you have finished for this union.”

Hoffa grew up on picket lines and in union meetings. He is the only son of James R. Hoffa, former Teamsters Normal President (1957-1971). Prior to staying elected Common President, Hoffa worked as a Teamsters laborer in Detroit and Alaska in the 1960s. He then invested 25 several years as a labor legal professional representing members, community unions and Joint Councils. From 1993 till his inauguration as General President in 1999, Hoffa served as Administrative Assistant to the President of Joint Council 43 in Michigan.

Hoffa, who leaves at the rear of a highly effective legacy as just one of leading voices in labor this generation, formally retires on March 22, 2022 at the close of his expression.

Started in 1999, the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund has awarded additional than 4,000 university scholarships to the sons and daughters of Teamster users.

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