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| Teamsters up membership in '07
Teamsters up membership in '07 2/8/08 Quote: WASHINGTON -- Teamsters President James P. Hoffa said Friday the union recruited 23,000 new members in 2007 and ended the year with membership above where it was in 2006.
"That might not sound like a lot but it is a lot," Hoffa told reporters. "We are out organizing every day."
Despite some layoffs, the Teamsters will end 2007 up roughly 13,000 members to nearly 1.45 million, said Bret Caldwell, a Teamsters spokesman.
The Teamsters had 1,398,573 members as of the end of 2006, according to a report filed with the Department of Labor in April.
Hoffa said the union has already gained another 5,000 members in 2008 -- most of them at UPS Freight. "It's so tough out there," Hoffa said. "If you're in one industry and you don't change and you don't find new areas to organize, you're going to have a very hard time growing."
In an interview, Hoffa also said the Teamsters are talking with two small unions about merging, including one with about 60,000 members.
Hoffa spoke to reporters for two hours at an event at the National Press Club. Like the UAW, Hoffa said the Teamsters were declining to make an endorsement between Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
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