General President James P. Hoffa    

General Secretary Treasurer  C. Thomas Keegel   

President and PEO of Local 294 John Bulgaro   

Retirees Department Director Edgar A. Schribner    

Retirees Eastern Confrence Director Carl Paullet     

 Barnes, 86 was a Teamster for 61 years and a union officer for 52 years retiring in 2005. He was born in Kentucky and grew up in Obion County, Tennessee, worked on farms, river barges and in factories before he became a truck driver. In 1944, he became a truck driver for Krema Trucking out of North Chicago and joined the Teamsters the same year. Barnes was a truck driver for 18 years. He was elected trustee of Local 301 in 1953 and appointed a full-time business agent in 1962.

As a business agent and principal officer, Barnes was known as a tough and feisty negotiator who personally bargained scores of contracts between Local 301 and companies employing his members.

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