[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       CONGRATULATING THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

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                           HON. SHERROD BROWN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 5, 2003

  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters as they commemorate their 100th 
anniversary tomorrow, Saturday, September 6, 2003.
  The issues the Teamsters have fought for and won over those 100 years 
are the issues that have strengthened America: equal rights for all 
workers, regardless of color, creed, or gender; a 40-hour work week; a 
pension for retirement; paid holidays; employer sponsored healthcare; 
equal pay for women.
  As corporate raiders continue to turn a deaf ear to the needs of 
America's working families, the 1.4 million members of the Teamsters 
continue to ensure that the voices of American labor are heard.
  I know that in the next 100 years, we can count on the Teamsters to 
continue their work against unfair trade commitments, from CAFTA to the 
WTO, that continue to hurt working families in the U.S. and abroad; to 
continue to protect our roadways from unsafe foreign trucks; to 
continue protecting the health and safety of America's workforce; and 
to fight against the current administration's attempts to disqualify 
hundreds of thousands of Americans from receiving the overtime benefits 
they fought so hard to gain.
  The Teamsters are needed now more than ever as some corporations 
break labor laws and fight union organizing as they ship jobs out of 
this country by supporting trade agreements that exploit workers' 
rights across the globe.
  I congratulate the Teamsters on their 100 years of commitment to 
America's working families, and wish them well in the next 100 years.

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