"We have a long road ahead of us," warned Teamsters Local 639 president Tommy Ratliff Saturday night as he accepted the 2014 JC Turner Award for Outstanding Trades Unionist of the Year (click here for photos from the awards, reception and dinner on our Facebook page). "Everyone here knows what's going on around us; we see what's happening. We have a big fight on our hands. But," Ratliff pledged, "we'll all be in it together." Click below to read more... | |
- Chris Garlock; photo: Ratliff (center) with Metro Council president Jos Williams (left) and Evening with Labor Chair Fred Allen; photos by Chris Langford