Local 25 Fights for Casinos in Massachusetts - Teamsters Local 25

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Jeff Farmer, International Brotherhood
of Teamsters Director of Organizing
Claudia Galloway, Senior Training Specialist,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
On Saturday, March 27, 2010, more than
200 Local 25 members attended the first
volunteer organizer boot camp in
Boston. Participants heard from a
variety of speakers from the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
including Director of Organizing Jeff
Farmer; Jack Curran, Eastern Region
Organizing Coordinator; and Senior
Training Specialist Claudia Galloway.
“It was a great daylong event,”
said Sean M. O’Brien, President and
Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 25.
“The call went out to be volunteer
organizers and our members
responded as they always do.”
The purpose of the Organizer Boot
Camp was to train members how to
convey the Teamster message to the
nonunion workers in the street.
“We have some very talented members,
who will serve as great union organizers
as a result of this training,” O’Brien said.
“Our members were taught how to
speak to the nonunion workers. We
asked them to tell their story about
the benefits of being in the Teamsters
Union and not use a lot of Teamster
jargon and lingo,” said Steven R.
Sullivan, Local 25 Organizer.
The attendees received an Organizer
Boot Camp T-shirt and a certificate of
completion.
Jackie Addison, Trustee, Teamsters Local 25
Teamsters Local 25 Organizer Boot Camp
Group shot