2016 ARCHIVE
Office of the Election Supervisor for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Nomination Acceptance Speeches at the 29th International Convention

Delegates to the IBT’s 29th International Convention nominated Jim Hoffa and Fred Zuckerman as candidates for the office of IBT General President, and Ken Hall and Tim Sylvester as candidates for the office of IBT General Secretary-Treasurer. These four candidates accepted their nominations in person and addressed the Convention on July 1, 2016. You can view each candidate’s speech here by clicking on the candidate’s picture. For a full-screen view of a candidate’s speech, place your cursor on the picture to view the control bar and click the icon at the right end of the control bar. If you would like to view the video directly from the Vimeo host page, where you may download a copy, please click the link below each video.

These video recordings were made at the convention.


Ken Hall
Candidate for
General Secretary-Treasurer
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Jim Hoffa
Candidate for
General President
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Tim Sylvester
Candidate for
General Secretary-Treasurer
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Fred Zuckerman
Candidate for
General President
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