Teamster Ballots Are Being Counted

Tue., Dec. 10, 1996

From Staff And Wire Reports

After months of name-calling and charges of corruption, it’s all over but the ballot count in the fight for the Teamsters presidency.

“There’s no more scheming room, there’s no more plans, manipulations or ideas,” said Tom Pazzi, campaign manager for challenger James P. Hoffa. “Now it’s just grab onto your chair and watch the numbers.”

A federally appointed election officer begins opening mail-in ballots today to see whether self-styled reformer Ron Carey will keep his Teamsters leadership. Protests are expected.

The acrimony of the government-sponsored contest between Carey and the son of labor legend Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared in 1975, cut deep divisions within the 1.4-million-member union.

The race is considered close and the possibility of victory by the namesake of a controversial leader from the Teamsters’ past has raised questions about the ramifications for a rejuvenated labor movement.

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