Proposal by delegate Diana Kilmury for Ethical Practices Committee shouted down on convention floor. Reform delegates submit proposals for majority rule on contracts, right to vote for IBT officers, increased strike benefits, and resolutions on two-tier contracts and organizing. All are denounced and voted down. Presser retains Teamster presidency with 99 percent of the vote, and then conducts the funeral of TDU . Due to Right to Vote provisions in consent order, all delegates elected in supervised elections.
Delegates nominate candidates for International office, who are then elected by the members.
Right to vote for IBT officers written into constitution. Right to elect convention delegates voted down by old-guard majority. Consent order, at least temporarily, protects this hard-won right. IBT jet planes sold. Majority rule on contracts written into constitution.