Teamsters Rally for Workers' Rights; Join in 'Hollywood From The Docks' March

Jim Hoffa to Speak and Lead Teamsters in March

SAN PEDRO, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa and other Teamster leaders will hold a rally for workers' rights on Thursday, April 17, at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California. The rally is part of the "The March From Hollywood To The Docks" three-day event that will highlight the struggle of hundreds of thousands of workers fighting to support their families and protect their jobs in an uncertain economy.

The Teamster rally will include thousands of members, speeches from Hoffa and other Teamster leaders, City Councilwoman Janice Hahn and other Union officials from the United Farm Workers and Unite Here.

The rally will end with more than 100 Teamsters on motorcycles leading the contingent to the main rally at the port, where the march will end. Hoffa will be among the speakers at the main rally that starts at 6 p.m. Hoffa is tentatively slated to speak at that rally at 7 p.m.

WHO: Teamster General President Jim Hoffa
Teamster International Vice Presidents Jim Santangelo, Al Hobart,
Chuck Mack and Randy Cammack
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn
United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez
Unite Here President Bruce Raynor
Teamster representatives from various industries

WHAT: Teamster Rally For Workers' Rights

WHEN: Thursday, April 17, 2008
The rally starts at 3:30 p.m. The official program will start
around 4 p.m.

WHERE: 950 Sampson Way, Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro

VISUALS: Teamsters carrying signs, Teamster trucks, Teamster motorcyclists

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Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters

CONTACT: Galen Munroe of International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
+1-202-439-7427, gmunroe@teamster.org

Web site: http://www.teamster.org/

2008-04-15 20:47:53 0336918 PRNEWSWIRE