Teamsters Digital Archive

In 2023, General President Sean M. O’Brien initiated a project to interview Teamsters officers, staff, and external operatives to document the period from 1975 to 1999. This timeframe includes: establishment of the government consent decree in 1989; first democratic election of officers in 1991; first term of General President Ron Carey; 1994 national freight strike; second democratic election of officers in 1996; 1997 UPS strike; 1998 rerun election of International Union officers; and, the election of General President James P. Hoffa. The interviews were conducted by the History Factory, an independent organization, and will be donated to the Teamsters Labor History Research Center at the George Washington University. Each of the interviews and transcripts are provided in their entirety and unedited.