Jimmy Hoffa
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James Riddle Hoffa was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1957 to 1971. He was alleged to have ties to organized crim
Hoffa in 1965
Hoffa mugshot in 1939
Hoffa (right) and Bernard Spindel after a 1957 court session in which they pleaded not guilty to illegal wiretap charges
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, the
Jimmy Hoffa
…February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 to 1971. He was alleged to have ties to organized crime, and disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1975. From an early age…
Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Informal portrait of (left to right) Cornelius P. Shea, John Miller, Fred Mader, and Tim Murphy sitting in a row in a courtroom in Chicago, Illinois, during a labor trial. Murphy was a politician, union organizer, and reputed gangster, and he was murdered in 1928.
Jimmy Hoffa served as President from 1957 to 1971.
A Teamsters gathering at the YearlyKos 2007 convention