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

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: April 15, 2008 | Copyright information

To: LABOR EDITORS

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

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 ...

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