Labor: This Is a Trend

In Chicago last week the 5,200 cab drivers and mechanics of Teamster Local 777 proved that in union there is strength —and also demonstrated why Teamsters' Boss Jimmy Hoffa dislikes the secret ballot. In an election supervised not only by the National Labor Relations Board but also by Chicago police, Local 777's members made it abundantly clear that they want no more truck with the Teamsters.

Ending a 25-year Teamster grip on Chicago's taxicabs was an uphill job. Local 777 has long been run as the private preserve of hard-eyed Hoodlum Joey Glimco, who is known around Chicago as "Jimmy...