Philadelphia Teamster Leader Appointed To Key National Post

Local 107 President William Hamilton to Serve as International Vice President

Jim Hoffa, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, announced today that Philadelphia Local 107 President William Hamilton has been appointed to the General Executive Board as an International Vice President for the Eastern Region.

"Bill Hamilton has been a key agent in our union's growth and instrumental in our recent national contract with DHL," Hoffa said. "He has not only been an important fixture in Pennsylvania's labor movement for decades, but his work has also helped grow the Teamsters Union and can be felt by workers around the country."

Hamilton, a 42-year Teamster, first joined the union as a freight worker with Spector Motors in 1966. After serving from 1968-1970 in the Army's 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War, Hamilton returned to various Teamster jobs and was elected to his first union position as a steward at McLean Trucking in the early 1970s.

In 1990, Hamilton became a business agent with Local 107 and worked his way up to being elected as the local union's President in 2000 -- a position he has held ever since. In his time at the local, he organized many new Teamsters, and worked closely with freight and DHL members.

"It's an honor to be selected for the General Executive Board," said Hamilton, a second-generation Teamster. "In addition to my experience, I bring a lot of enthusiasm for working with a group of such talented people--both on the board, in the Teamsters Union and, of course, our union's hardworking rank and file."