Anyone who has followed the U.S. economy in recent years can tell you while corporate America and their wealthy executives have recovered from the last recession, middle-class families have not. About 95 percent of income gains between 2009 and 2012… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who would oppose these families have done so at their own political peril. — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers, and the… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable. — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Improving the outlook for U.S workers isn't about creating millions of minimum-wage jobs. It is about creating sustainable, skilled employment that allows Americans to… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy,… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Wage theft, worker rights and workplace discrimination should not be swept under the rug. The United States cannot have a functional economy where all… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Unfair trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement eviscerated good-paying manufacturing jobs, putting more than 3 million U.S. workers out of work. — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
What's going on in this country? Unions stand against those trends. We've got to somehow insulate the robust American economy from this global economy… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
This union has been divided in like a civil war - brother against brother - sister against sister. And I'm pulling it together. We've… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Public sector employees are the eyes and ears on the ground for the communities they serve. — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
The mob's not coming back in the Teamsters Union. We've gotten rid of them, and we're free to be free of government supervision. — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this country. The… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
