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Beat the Devil
Cockburn, Alexander | August 11, 1997 issue

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The current campaign led by The Wall Street Journal and some Congressional Republicans to force a new Teamsters election is successful. If politician James Hoffa defeats the Teamsters president, Ron Carey, the balance of forces within the labor leadership changes. The Journal has issued three broadsides aimed at intimidating Barbara Quindel, the court-appointed election officer who now ponders whether to order a new election after disclosures that kickback money went into the Carey campaign. The Journal, prime agitator on behalf of business, wants wages to be low. Hence, it needs unions to be weak.

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ELECTIONS; WALL Street Journal; CAREY, Ron; POLITICAL campaigns; QUINDEL, Barbara; EDITORIALS
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