ITOC Founding Charter

[TheMilitantTeamster]

After deliberating with about 200+ Teamsters and activists Tony has finalized the Charter



The Independent Teamsters Organizing Committee (ITOC) united in direct response to the 2024 mass layoffs of UPS Teamsters, permitted by the failure of Teamster leadership to implement protections for workers. These layoffs, driven by AI/automation and capitalist greed, underscore the urgent need for change. This charter is our declaration, guiding our collective actions towards a future where workers take control of the means of production and reshape the economic structure. Our mission is to wrest power away from profit-driven interests, ensuring technology serves the working class.

Article I: Name and Purpose

Section 1: Name


The organization shall be known as the Independent Teamsters Organizing Committee (ITOC).

Section 2: Purpose


The purpose of ITOC is to unite, empower, and fight the bosses and capitalists. We shall resist layoffs resulting from AI/automation, ensure job retention, fight against all forms of discrimination and champion the principles of worker control over the means of production.

Article II: Commitment to Workforce Stability

Section 1: Workforce Stability

ITOC commits to advocating for the maintenance of current workforce levels and the creation of new opportunities, ensuring that technological advancements serve the interests of the working class.

Article III: Advancement of Worker Power and Reduced Workweek

Section 1: Empowering Workers Through Technology

ITOC staunchly advocates for harnessing automation and AI to empower workers and reduce the workweek without any reduction in pay. This shift is a bold assertion of worker rights, asserting our collective power to shape the terms of our labor. Rather than being subject to the whims of employers, we demand that technology serve to enhance the well-being of the working class.

Section 2: Collective Decision-Making on Technology

We assert our right to collectively participate in decisions about the introduction of technology in the workplace. The era of bosses and owners unilaterally dictating when and how technology is implemented, leading to job insecurity, is over. Collective decision-making ensures technology aligns with our interests and benefits us all.

Article IV: Safeguarding Employment and Collective Decision-Making

Section 1: Safeguarding Employment

ITOC opposes all layoffs and demands alternative solutions that prioritize job retention. No longer shall workers be discarded at the whim of profit-driven decision-makers.

Section 2: Collective Decision-Making on Employment

Decisions about workforce changes shall be subject to collective decision-making. Workers, not bosses, shall determine the fate of employment within the union.

Article V: Advocacy for Collective Workplace Control

Section 1: Advocacy for Collective Workplace Control

ITOC supports the principle of collective control over the means of production. Workers shall collectively own and democratically manage workplaces, ensuring technology is harnessed for the benefit of the working class.

Article VI: Solidarity Without BordersArticle VII: Advocacy for Teamsters Leadership

Section 1: Advocacy for Teamsters Leadership

(a) ITOC ardently advocates for the Teamsters, of which ITOC members are a part, to impose restrictions on elected leaders. These restrictions include pegging their salaries and expenses at no more than 1.5 times the median US income and limiting elected leaders to serve no more than two terms.

(b) ITOC shall actively promote and support efforts within the Teamsters to enact and uphold these restrictions, ensuring that leadership remains accountable to the working class.

Article VIII: Membership Requirements and Affiliation

[Faust]

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[TheMilitantTeamster]

Are you guys running against Mark the Beastie Boy Davison?

[Mr. Teamster]

If this was printed on toilet paper I would wipe my ass with it. Nice work though.

[TheMilitantTeamster]

If this was printed on toilet paper I would wipe my ass with it. Nice work though.

[Wiggy]

Lol, even Mr Teamsters gotta be laughing his ass off....

[TheMilitantTeamster]

[Tony R Cochran]

If this was printed on toilet paper I would wipe my ass with it. Nice work though.

Well, I must say I am glad you read it.