History Rocks: Jimmy Hoffa Disappears

On December 23, 1971, former Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa, serving a thirteen-year prison term for jury tampering and fraud, had his sentence commuted in time for Christmas by President Richard...

Robert F. Kennedy first gained national prominence in the late 1950s as the chief counsel of a Senate committee investigating corruption in organized labor. The Teamsters Union, the largest union...

On July 31, 1975, James Riddle Hoffa, one of the most influential American labor leaders of the 20th century, disappears in Detroit, Michigan, never to be heard from again. Though he is popularly...

Le plus célèbre des syndicalistes américainsAujourd'hui encore, la disparition de Jimmy Hoffa, l'un des syndicalistes américains les plus connus, reste un mystère. Découvrez la vie d'un homme...

In early 1957, the Senate launched an investigation of corruption in organized labor, particularly within the Teamsters Union, which with nearly 2 million members was the largest union in the...

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