Joint statement from Peter Finn, President of Teamsters Joint Council 7 and Chris Griswold, President of Teamsters Joint Council 42, regarding recent ICE Raids in Los Angeles:

«“The coordinated ICE raids across Los Angeles today were violent and intentionally cruel. These were not acts of justice. They were calculated displays of power meant to terrify working families and rip communities apart. Families who came here to build a better life were targeted and terrorized simply for existing.

“Among those harmed was our union brother David Huerta, President of SEIU California who was injured and arrested while exercising his constitutional right to assemble and speak out. His detention was an attack on every worker who has ever stood up for what is right. ICE agents were not acting to protect the public. They were sent to intimidate, to punish, and to silence voices calling for dignity.

“Teamsters Joint Council 7 and 42 stand with every working family under attack. We fight for justice for all workers as we know that it is our work that keeps our country moving. The values of our labor movement demand that we speak out in moments like this. The California labor movement will not be intimidated, will not be divided, and will never stop fighting for the right of every worker to live safely, and with dignity.”»

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«Teamsters Joint Councils are set up in areas with three or more local unions. Joint Councils help coordinate Teamsters activities in those areas. They also help solve problems and decide some jurisdictional and judicial matters.»

https://teamster.org/about/teamsters-structure/#:~:text=Joint%20Councils%20help%20coordinate%20Teamsters,some%20jurisdictional%20and%20judicial%20matters.

«Teamsters Joint Council 42 represents 23 Teamsters Union Locals located in Southern California, Southern Nevada, Guam, Saipan and Hawaii. Nearly 250,000 working Teamsters and retirees are affiliated with the JC 42 family.»

https://www.teamstersjc42.com/

«Teamsters Joint Council 7 represents nearly 100,000 members in 23 Local Unions in 48 counties of Northern California, the Central Valley, and 14 Northern Nevada counties. (This territory would be the 10th largest state in the country.) With 40,000 members between Bakersfield and Sacramento, Teamsters Joint Council 7 is the largest union in the Central Valley»

https://teamstersjc7.org/who-we-are/the-teamster-difference

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