I've been a Teamster for 40 years and now am retired. The Teamsters afforded me a solid middle class life and a retirement with dignity.

In order to accomplish this, we had to keep the company we worked for solvent and profit bearing.

We are not like public employee unions who have all their benefits regardless of their input or contribution or production. Teamsters had to compete in the marketplace and make their employers profitable in order to survive.

Proud to have done this for so many years.