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 that seems to want to devour our standard of living.

Hoffa. “The new union leader is being closely watched in part because he has pledged to restore unity in Teamsters’ ranks in the wake of a divisive campaign finance scandal. ”
A new five-year contract was ratified by NetJets mechanics aircraft fuelers cleaners and stock clerks in January 2007.

Hoffa was first elected during December 1998 and took office on March 19 1999. He was subsequently re-elected in 2001 2006 and 2011 to five-year terms.