In a message dated 1/9/2004 12:54:06 PM Central Standard Time, anngparker101@yahoo.com writes: > If you were a teamster you had a pretty good job and > were a member of a strong and proud labor union. Ann > Like many labor unions, they were formed to assure good working conditions and fair wages and benefits. As time went on though they became corrupt and got greedy, and many times(to this day) can be violent. This is why the word Teamsters has a bad reputation. Lea in KCMO Researching - Ripper, VonderHaar, Cirtautas, Gerst, Blumfelder

During the Civil War, the Union hired civilian teamsters to drive the wagons, etc. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks ----- Original Message ----- From: <MomRip@aol.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [StL-Metro] Teamsters > In a message dated 1/9/2004 12:54:06 PM Central Standard Time, > anngparker101@yahoo.com writes: > > > If you were a teamster you had a pretty good job and > > were a member of a strong and proud labor union. Ann > > > Like many labor unions, they were formed to assure good working conditions > and fair wages and benefits. As time went on though they became corrupt and got > greedy, and many times(to this day) can be violent. This is why the word > Teamsters has a bad reputation. > > Lea in KCMO > Researching - Ripper, VonderHaar, Cirtautas, Gerst, Blumfelder > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, email MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L-request@rootsweb.com; in the subject line, put only the word UNSUBSCRIBE with nothing in the message body. You can contact Michelle or Laura at MO-STLOUIS-METRO-admin@rootsweb.com. > >