Teamsterland: Reports on America's Most Iconic Union: Reports

The world's most iconic union?

When Len McCluskey, the General Secretary of Britain's largest union, Unite the Union, spoke to the delegates of the 2016 Teamster convention, he declared, "The Teamsters is the most iconic trade union on our planet and you should be proud." The delegates loved it and gave him a rapturous welcome.

But, was iconic the best way to describe the international reputation of the Teamsters? Or would notorious be a better word. And, what exactly would the delegates to t...