![A democratic party donkey and a two-horse emblem of the Teamsters Union are in shadow behind the Chicago skyline in a blue on yellow image.](https://tempestmag.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chicago-teamsters_feature-700x476.jpg)
Building Teamster Power?
Joint Council 25 in Chicago is stuck in the past
by Joe AllenThe Teamsters say they are going in a new progressive direction in the U.S. labor movement, yet, Joe Allen explains, there is little evidence of that in the role they are playing in Chicago’s current municipal elections.