Georgia, Jimmy Hoffa? Nah! But, see, that's what I mean.....exactly what is a Teamster's Union? A Union for people who deliver goods????? Someone mentioned in one of their emails that they had a family member that hauled coal. My ggggrandfather was a teamster and hauled coal. It also says that he worked on his own account. My father says to me "Yeah, we even had a TEAMSTER in our family." But, what was the big deal about that? So, my 3rd great had his own coal hauling company and was a teamster??? Am I reading to much into the big hype with being a Teamster? Michelle

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/teamster Teamster Definition: [n] someone who drives a truck as an occupation [n] the driver of a team of horses doing hauling www.dictionary.com teamster n. One who drives a truck for hauling loads, especially as an occupation. One who drives a team. -----Original Message----- From: Muesic1@aol.com [mailto:Muesic1@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:06 PM To: MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [StL-Metro] Definition of Teamster Georgia, Jimmy Hoffa? Nah! But, see, that's what I mean.....exactly what is a Teamster's Union? A Union for people who deliver goods????? Someone mentioned in one of their emails that they had a family member that hauled coal. My ggggrandfather was a teamster and hauled coal. It also says that he worked on his own account. My father says to me "Yeah, we even had a TEAMSTER in our family." But, what was the big deal about that? So, my 3rd great had his own coal hauling company and was a teamster??? Am I reading to much into the big hype with being a Teamster? Michelle ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== For tips on researching St. Louis Church Records: http://members.gtw.net/~seamus/churchrecords.htm

Dear Michelle, A union is a group of people united to bargain for wages and benefits such as the AFL (American Federation of Labor), the CIO, the UAW (United Auto Workers), UMW (United Mine Workers), etc., etc. I think you are reading too much into someone being a teamster unless he was one of the officers of the union and in trouble with the FBI and Congress. Georgia Muesic1@aol.com wrote: > Georgia, Jimmy Hoffa? Nah! But, see, that's what I mean.....exactly > what is a Teamster's Union? A Union for people who deliver > goods????? Someone mentioned in one of their emails that they had a > family member that hauled coal. My ggggrandfather was a teamster and > hauled coal. It also says that he worked on his own account. My > father says to me "Yeah, we even had a TEAMSTER in our family." But, > what was the big deal about that? So, my 3rd great had his own coal > hauling company and was a teamster??? Am I reading to much into the > big hype with being a Teamster? Michelle