Hoffa: We are on the edge of making history

Teamster president James Hoffa, wearing a blue Change to Win t-shirt, was the first union president to address the founding convention of the Change to Win federation this morning.
He called the union leaders — and the unions themselves — the G7. (The G stands for growth, and the 7 — for the 7 founding unions of the new federation.)
He reaffirmed the federation’s commitment to spending the staggering sum of $750 million a year on organizing, and pledged that the Teamsters would never leave the new federation.
When he asked the more than 900 delegates and guests if we would succeed in organizing Wal-Mart, he was greeted with a roar of approval.