He built the modern Teamsters from disjointed groups of local ... via G It’s widely believed Hoffa was killed by the mob because he put his members’ interests over theirs.

Teamsters president Jackie Presser had been an FBI informant from 1974 until his death in 1988. He became president of the union in 1983, with backing from the mafia. He was indicted in 1986 and ...

Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance remains one of America’s most chilling unsolved mysteries—and The Irishman reopens the case in a ...

It was funded in the mid 60s, almost entirely by Teamsters money. And so Jimmy Hoffa was treated like royalty," explained Geoff Schumacher, Vice President of Exhibits and Programs at the Mob ...

I didn’t look in on the Republican National Convention until late Monday night, preferring instead to watch the 1935 John Ford comedy The Whole Town’s Talking, wherein Edward G. Robinson plays ...

Hoffa and the Philadelphia Mafia went way back. In addition to Bufalino, Hoffa could also count Angelo Bruno as a friend. As president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, these ...

Mob movie and Sopranos aficionados are likely ... and Schmitt notes that it was purchased with stolen Teamsters money. Presumably, it also made their threats of swimming with the fishes more ...

The Teamsters paint a positive picture of the man ... County’s Bloomfield Township at 2 p.m. to meet reputed Detroit mob enforcer Anthony “Tony Jack” Giacalone and alleged New Jersey ...

The prosecutions weakened the entire Cleveland operation. Neff, James. Mobbed Up: Jackie Presser's High Wire Life in the Teamsters, the Mafia, and the FBI (1989).

The TEAMSTERS UNION, officially the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, & Helpers, is one of the largest and most powerful labor unions operating in Cleveland. Organized locally in ...