Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is a rank-and-file union democracy movement organized to reform the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), or Teamsters. TDU was created out of the merger of the Professional Drivers Council (PROD) and Teamsters for a Decent Contract (TDC) in 1979. TDU is a grassroots organization with chapters from coast to coast in the United States and Canada.
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