Teamsters
E111810
The Teamsters are a powerful American labor union historically known for representing truck drivers and other transportation workers, with a long, controversial legacy involving major roles in labor rights, politics, and alleged organized crime ties.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teamsters canonical | 7 |
| International Brotherhood of Teamsters | 5 |
| Teamsters Union | 2 |
| Teamsters Package Division | 1 |
| Teamsters Public Services Division | 1 |
| Teamsters Rail Conference | 1 |
| Teamsters Warehouse Division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T956910 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Teamsters Context triple: [The Irishman, portrays, Teamsters]
-
A.
United Auto Workers
The United Auto Workers is a major American labor union representing workers in the automobile, aerospace, and other manufacturing industries, known for its influential role in collective bargaining and labor rights.
-
B.
AFL–CIO
The AFL–CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, formed by the merger of major labor organizations and representing millions of workers across diverse industries.
-
C.
American Railway Union
The American Railway Union was a late 19th-century industrial labor union in the United States, led by Eugene V. Debs, that sought to organize all railroad workers and became nationally prominent for its role in major railroad labor conflicts.
-
D.
Red and Blue Crew
Red and Blue Crew is the official student cheering section that supports the University of Pennsylvania’s athletic teams, especially at Penn Quakers football games.
-
E.
United Company
United Company was a prominent late 17th-century London theatre company formed by the merger of the King’s Company and the Duke’s Company, active during the Restoration period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Teamsters Target entity description: The Teamsters are a powerful American labor union historically known for representing truck drivers and other transportation workers, with a long, controversial legacy involving major roles in labor rights, politics, and alleged organized crime ties.
-
A.
United Auto Workers
The United Auto Workers is a major American labor union representing workers in the automobile, aerospace, and other manufacturing industries, known for its influential role in collective bargaining and labor rights.
-
B.
AFL–CIO
The AFL–CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, formed by the merger of major labor organizations and representing millions of workers across diverse industries.
-
C.
American Railway Union
The American Railway Union was a late 19th-century industrial labor union in the United States, led by Eugene V. Debs, that sought to organize all railroad workers and became nationally prominent for its role in major railroad labor conflicts.
-
D.
Red and Blue Crew
Red and Blue Crew is the official student cheering section that supports the University of Pennsylvania’s athletic teams, especially at Penn Quakers football games.
-
E.
United Company
United Company was a prominent late 17th-century London theatre company formed by the merger of the King’s Company and the Duke’s Company, active during the Restoration period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor union
ⓘ
membership organization ⓘ trade union ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IBT ⓘ |
| affiliationHistory |
AFL–CIO
ⓘ
American Federation of Labor ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| disaffiliatedFrom | AFL–CIO ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Teamsters
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
|
| foundedIn | 1903 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Teamsters
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
|
| goal |
improving wages and working conditions for members
ⓘ
protecting collective bargaining rights ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Teamsters Airline Division
ⓘ
Teamsters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Teamsters Package Division
Teamsters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Teamsters Public Services Division
Teamsters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Teamsters Rail Conference
Teamsters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Teamsters Warehouse Division
|
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | one of the most powerful labor unions in the United States ⓘ |
| ideology | trade unionism ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
United Parcel Service labor negotiations
ⓘ
national freight contracts ⓘ |
| movement | American labor movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collective bargaining
ⓘ
controversial ties to organized crime in the mid-20th century ⓘ labor strikes ⓘ political influence ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Jimmy Hoffa
ⓘ
surface form:
James P. Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa ⓘ Sean O’Brien ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
campaign contributions
ⓘ
lobbying ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
Detroit ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form:
Indianapolis, Indiana
|
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| reaffiliatedWith | AFL–CIO ⓘ |
| represents |
airline employees
ⓘ
food processing workers ⓘ package delivery workers ⓘ public sector workers ⓘ rail workers ⓘ truck drivers ⓘ warehouse workers ⓘ |
| sector |
freight
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ package delivery ⓘ public sector ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Teamsters Description of subject: The Teamsters are a powerful American labor union historically known for representing truck drivers and other transportation workers, with a long, controversial legacy involving major roles in labor rights, politics, and alleged organized crime ties.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.