Running for Office

Are you thinking for running for local union office? It’s a big job. Find out the essential elements to every winning campaign.

December 20, 2010: In early 2011, almost every local will elect delegates to the Teamster Convention.

April 10, 2009: Most Teamster local union elections are run honestly—but if you’re running for local union office, you need to police your election to make sure it is fair.

February 21, 2008: In most Teamster locals, members get a chance to vote for their officers every three years.

April 2, 2007: In 2004, Richard Berg said some activists had doubts about running for office in Chicago Local 743.

Every year a third of all Teamster locals are required to conduct officer elections. Some, too many, go uncontested. But many are contested.

Running for local union office is a chance to do more than change the faces at the union hall.

Teamsters will be thinking about more than one election this fall. Apart from the U.S. Presidential election, many Teamster locals will be holding elections to select their local officers.