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While waiting for official certification of his election as general president of the Teamsters union, James P. Hoffa’s influence is already being felt.

This week at a meeting attended by more than 300 Central States union leaders, Hoffa announced the selection of key members of his incoming administration.

Phil Young, president of Local 41 in Kansas City, Mo., will serve as national freight director, and John Murphy, secretary-treasurer of Local 122 in Boston, will be organizing director.

In addition, Hoffa, who is waiting for a federal election overseer to confirm his election, announced his picks to head several union divisions.

Two weeks ago, Hoffa represented the union at the winter meeting of the AFL-CIO’s executive board in Florida, where he pledged to work with the labor federation “to advance the cause of working families” at a joint press conference with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.

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