Just because the Teamsters are a universally recognized union doesn't mean they will have any more rights than the FOP had. That may be something they will have difficulty adjusting to.

The FOP is a fine fraternal organization, but there's only one union on the ballot, and that's the Teamsters.

The FOP is a fine fraternal organization, but when it comes to negotiate a contract, we are the Teamsters union, and that is what we are experienced at. They can go there to drink beer and have parties. That's fine.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

We're not going to be part of a union bust out there. That's not what this is all about.

Back in 1970 we used to say that politics was the new cutting edge of the civil rights movement. Thirteen years later, we're beginning to really believe it.