The Life and Times of Jimmy Hoffa Article Swipe
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Christopher Wright
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· 2019
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.25148/crcp.7.2.008324
· OA: W2982651019
YOU?
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· 2019
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.25148/crcp.7.2.008324
· OA: W2982651019
In light of Martin Scorsese's popular movie "The Irishman," it is a good time to reassess Jimmy Hoffa. He's probably the most famous union leader in American history, but the only thing most people know of him is that he ran the Teamsters and was closely connected to the Mafia. He is often seen as nothing but a corrupt, evil, greedy sellout. The reality is a little different. In this article I discuss his record as a labor leader, the attacks on him by the McClellan Committee and Bobby Kennedy, and his ties to organized crime. I try to contextualize the Teamsters union of Hoffa's era, while at the same time providing a corrective to the public's overwhelmingly negative views of him.
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