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	James P. Hoffa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Phillip Hoffa (born May 19, 1941), is the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
		Hoffa was awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship to work in the Michigan State Senate as an aid to senate and house members doing constituent relations and research.
		It is to be noted that Hoffa is a member of Alpha Tau Omega.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_P._Hoffa (235 words)

	Jimmy Hoffa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hoffa took over the presidency of the Teamsters in the 1950s, when his predecessor, Dave Beck, was sent to jail.
		Hoffa then pushed to try to bring the airlines and other transport employees into the union, greatly worrying the American government and business which saw how devastating a strike of all transportation systems could be for the national
		For all the benefits that Hoffa and some Teamsters delivered for over-the-road drivers, other Teamsters locals did little more than sign sweetheart deals that made union officers rich and left workers poor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa (235 words)

	AllRefer.com - James Riddle Hoffa (Labor, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		James Riddle Hoffa [hOf´ u ] Pronunciation Key, 1913–75?, U.S. labor leader, b.
		Hoffa's power continued to grow, and by 1964 he was able to effect the trucking industry's first national contract.
		Hoffa rose swiftly in the Teamsters, in 1952 becoming international vice president and in 1957 succeeding Dave Beck as president.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Hoffa-Ja.html (235 words)

	Jimmy Hoffa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hoffa was born in Brazil, Indiana and was the son of a poor coal miner.
		Hoffa rapidly advanced through the ranks of the Teamsters union, which organized truckers throughout the Midwest and then nationwide through skillful use of quickie strikes, secondary boycotts and other means of leveraging union strength at one company to organize workers and win contract demands at others.
		Hoffa was planning to sue to invalidate that restriction in order to reassert his power over the Teamsters when he disappeared on 30 July 1975 from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Riddle_Hoffa (1601 words)

	Untitled Document
		Hoffa went to prison after a series of trials featuring testimony from colorful mobsters and the irrepressible Hoffa himself, but was released in 1972, and three years later disappeared without a trace.
		Hoffa was a charismatic street tough from Detroit who muscled his way through the ranks to become president of the nation's largest and wealthiest labor union, the Teamsters.
		Hoffa faces trial for 20 counts of fraud and conspiracy; he is found guilty of four and sentenced to five consecutive years in prison for each count.
	www.courttv.com /mobweek/hoffa.html (1601 words)

	CBSNews.com
		James P. Hoffa defeated incumbent Ron Carey to win the job; Carey is now under federal indictment for allegedly breaking the law during his reelection effort.
		He is the son of Jimmy Hoffa, who led the union from 1957 to 1971 and disappeared in 1975 as he sought to return to the helm after a stint in prison.
		A priority for Hoffa, who was seeking reelection in 2001, is to end federal oversight of the union that began in the 1980s.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/economy/unemployment/whois_hoffa.html (192 words)

	The day Jimmy Hoffa didn't come home
		Hoffa was acquitted but two years later, on Partin's testimony, a jury convicted Hoffa of jury tampering and sentenced him to eight years in prison.
		Hoffa was fired the following year after a fight with a plant foreman who goaded the hot-tempered union leaders into throwing a crate of vegetables on the floor and spraying the boss with assorted vegetable juices.
		Hoffa decided that the quickest way to spread the Teamster message into other regions of the country was to organize the long-haul drivers.
	info.detnews.com /history/story/index.cfm?id=42&category=people (192 words)

	Hoffa, James R. --� Encyclop�dia Britannica
		Hoffa, James R. American labour leader who served as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1957 to 1971, becoming one of the most controversial labour organizers of his time.
		"Hoffa, James R." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
		James, C.L.R. West Indian-born cultural historian, cricket writer, and political activist who was a leading figure in the Pan-African movement.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=41585&tocid=0&query=riddle (192 words)

	James Riddle Hoffa
		James Riddle Hoffa disappeared in 1975, and almost everybody was convinced that he had been killed under orders from a Mafia Boss.
		Hoffa, who did in fact know how it felt to be hit on the chest with a blackjack, invited the attractive young Polish-American woman to go with him to the movies that night.
		Hoffa did not leave a will, and his estate - estimated at $1 million - has been administered by his son since his disappearance.
	www.gencircles.com /users/arvela/1/data/606 (192 words)

	CNN.com - The rise of Hoffa - Jan 24, 2005
		Hoffa was narrowly defeated for Teamsters president by Ron Carey in a 1996 election that was voided by a federal special adjudicator for fund-raising abuses.
		Hoffa's arrow, shot directly at the heart of that bureaucracy, is a proposal to "rebate" one half of the "tax" that the AFL-CIO collects from each union based on its number of members.
		Hoffa is particularly unhappy about the growth of an unproductive AFL-CIO bureaucracy and its duplication of functions performed by individual unions.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/24/novak.hoffa (778 words)

	CAN HOFFA DELIVER?
		In the course of his election campaign, James P. Hoffa, president-elect of the 1.4 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters, made a series of promises to rebuild the union to its former powerhouse stature in the labor movement.
		Hoffa replied by telling Sweeney: "I want it to be known right from the start that I am absolutely committed to working with you and the AFL-CIO to advance the cause of working families." That evening, he was given a reception, sponsored by the United Auto Workers, Building and Construction Trades Department and Transportation Department.
		Although Hoffa has been an unknown quantity in the labor movement and was opposed by most of the AFL-CIO's top leaders, he will be able to swing considerable weight in his new position and as a member of the federation's executive council.
	www.laboreducator.org /hoffa.htm (881 words)

	BBC News AMERICAS DNA boost in Hoffa hunt
		Now Hoffa's son, James Hoffa, who is now Teamsters president, hopes that the DNA match might provide investigators a break in the case.
		James P. Hoffa said: "We should now bring to justice those people who are responsible for my father's disappearance.
		Investigators and Hoffa family members believe that Mr O'Brien, who had been taken in by Hoffa as a child, was one of the few people who could have persuaded him to get into the car.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1532222.stm (411 words)

	USNews.com: James Hoffa
		Hoffa, 60, has the burly look of a former Michigan State University football player, but his background is as a lawyer, not a laborer.
		By positioning the 1.4 million-member union as a force to be wooed by either party, Hoffa hopes to give the union a prominence in national affairs it has not had since the heyday of his father, the Jimmy Hoffa whose name was synonymous with raw labor power in the 1950s and 1960s.
		Hoffa joined Vice President Dick Cheney's aide Mary Matalin on visits to Capitol Hill, and observers agree that the Teamsters deserve credit for heavy Democratic defections that gave the White House its energy bill victory in the House.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/biztech/articles/010910/archive_004597.htm (518 words)

	National Press Club -- James P. Hoffa
		James P. Hoffa became a Teamster member himself on his 18th birthday when his father swore him in.
		Hoffa ran for union president in 1996 and lost by a narrow margin to Ron Carey.
		Hoffa’s fighting spirit could be heard loud and clear after labor lost a major battle in May when the U.S. House of Representatives approved permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with China.
	www.npr.org /programs/npc/2001/010515.jhoffa.html (341 words)

	Jury still out on what kind of leader Hoffa would be
		Hoffa says the Michigan legislator is "doing a great public service because he is pointing out what everybody wants to put under the rug," referring to the alleged money-laundering scheme and the government's failure to detect it.
		Hoffa played only a secondary role in the litigation; one of the officers, now retired, says they chose Hoffa's firm primarily because of the expertise of his partner, Murray Chodak.
		While Hoffa concedes that the Teamsters were corrupt in the past, he says the government's cleanup effort has been divisive for the union in many ways.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/biz/98/01/04/21546515.1-0.html (2150 words)

	Popcorn Festival of Clay County - James (Jimmy) Riddle Hoffa
		James P. Hoffa, son of Jimmy Hoffa, accepted the presidency in 1999 and still holds that office.
		Although Hoffa had some criminal connections to organized crime, he had to work with The Mob due to the power they had to disrupt strikes important to the Teamsters and deals had to be made with them or else.
		In 1962, a trial to show he accepted an illegal payment backfired and he was acquitted but with Partin as an informant, Hoffa was sentenced for jury tampering to 8 years in prison with 5 years from other convictions.
	www.popcornfest.net /JimmyHofa.htm (982 words)

	THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS ONE YEAR AFTER THE ELECTION OF JAMES P
		Hoffa's biography states he is the only son of James R. Hoffa, former President of the IBT and, "he grew up on picket lines and union meetings." What many may not know, however, is that Mr.
		Hoffa described earlier, a group of people looking to keep their jobs forever because at that point in time they are going to take on the watchdog role of ensuring that you meet every law every day.
		Hoffa has told us today is that he wants that perception to go away as much as possible, and that is the culture that he is trying to instill within the Teamsters.
	commdocs.house.gov /committees/edu/hedo&i6-97.000/hedo&i6-97.htm (22162 words)

	Northwest Florida Daily News
		James P. Hoffa works both sides of the political fence, trying to keep his name off anyone's list of enemies.
		James P. Hoffa has pledged that his Teamsters will be mob-free.
		Hoffa, his election voided by the federal government, which still runs Teamsters elections as part of a 1989 deal the Teamsters made with the Justice Department.
	www.nwfdailynews.com /archive/opinion/990111edit1.html (373 words)

	TAP: Vol 13, Iss. 12. New Politics, Hoffa-Style. .
		Hoffa's primary goal, however, is to persuade Bush to lift the government's oversight of Teamster internal affairs.
		All they wanted was a quiet understanding with the president; Hoffa apparently thinks he can help the whole damn GOP so much that the Reeps will convert to the union's position on trade (generally excellent) and fossil fuels (generally indefensible).
		When the AFL-CIO's executive board voted to raise an additional $19 million to finance its political-action program this year, Hoffa was one of two union presidents who voted no. Jimmy Jr.
	www.prospect.org /print/V13/12/devil3.html (504 words)

	TTNews.Com: "Opinion: Hoffa* Brought the Teamsters Back*"
		James P. Hoffa has brought our union back together and given us the hope that we can build better lives for our members and their families.
		His sole purpose is to harm Teamsters President James P. Hoffa, not to further the goals of the union and its members.
		I am the current director of organizing of the Teamsters union under James P. Hoffa.
	www.ttnews.com /members/printEdition/0005146.html (867 words)

	Teamsters president praises Bush's Social Security work - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - May 26, 2005
		Teamsters President James P. Hoffa, breaking his estrangement from the White House, praised President Bush on Tuesday for attempting to fix Social Security and said Democrats were wrong to oppose any discussion until Mr.
		Hoffa said preserving Social Security's long-term solvency and pension retirement reform were major concerns in his 1.4-million-member union and that he was willing to work with the administration and the Republican majority in Congress to come up with bipartisan solutions to both issues.
		Hoffa's words of support for the president's efforts as a calculated move to show that the Teamsters are willing to work more closely with the administration and Republicans on issues of mutual interest.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20050525-112309-9244r.htm (460 words)

	Siver _ Johnson - pafg112 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Floila Sarah HOFFA [Parents] was born on 25 Dec 1898 in Waverly, Nebraska.
		Oneita Grace HOFFA [Parents] was born on 17 Jun 1897 in Forreston, Illinois.
		Leolan William HOFFA [Parents] was born on 01 Dec 1900 in Freeport, Illinois.
	web.tampabay.rr.com /ccsiver/pafg112.htm (257 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Hoffa says discovering how his father disappeared is more remote as time passes
		James P. Hoffa, whose 1.4 million-member union plays on both sides of the political aisle, said he will not attend the GOP convention next month in New York, as he did in 2000.
		BOSTON – Teamsters President James P. Hoffa said Tuesday that he's holding out little hope that investigators will find evidence that his father was killed in a Detroit home now being scrutinized by the FBI.
		Hoffa also criticized remarks by the president of the largest union in the AFL-CIO to the effect that organized labor might be better off if John Kerry wasn't elected.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040727-1446-cvn-hoffa.html (536 words)

	In These Times 25/18 -- Teamster Players
		One is the presidential contest between incumbent James P. Hoffa and challenger Tom Leedham, a local union president from Oregon.
		Hoffa has been involved in few contract negotiations so far, although there was serious opposition to Hoffa's settlement of contracts for Northwest Airlines flight attendants and at Anheuser-Busch, as well as criticism of the administration for disbanding programs to involve members in those contract fights.
		Although Hoffa promised in 1998 to quadruple strike benefits, this year he proposed only a blue ribbon commission to study the issue, even though the union faces its two biggest contract talks in the next two years--with UPS and then the freight companies--without sufficient funds for even the current $55-a-week strike pay.
	www.inthesetimes.com /issue/25/18/moberg2518.html (1629 words)

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		When he was elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters last December, winning every region of the 1.4 million membership, Hoffa took over a union that had enjoyed its zenith under his legendary father, James R. Hoffa.
		JAMES P. At the end of The Lion King, the cub Simba regains his "throne" after vanquishing his father's enemies.
		He promises to pursue his goals with "militancy" and "integrity." With 2.3 million members in its heyday, the Teamsters were tainted with charges of corruption; the senior Hoffa's disappearance in 1975 was said to be mob connected.
	www.msu.edu /unit/msuaa/magazine/s99/Hoffa.htm (329 words)

	Hoffa, James Riddle on Encyclopedia.com
		Hoffa's power continued to grow, and by 1964 he was able to effect the trucking industry's first national contract.
		Hoffa rose swiftly in the Teamsters, in 1952 becoming international vice president and in 1957 succeeding Dave Beck as president.
		Moreover, Hoffa was forced to accept a board of monitors to supervise his activities as Teamsters president.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Hoffa-J1a.asp (517 words)

	Hoffa - The Discreet Charm of Hoffa Jr.
		Labor Notes - Teamster Reformers Prepare To Challenge Hoffa in 2006
		and his cronies go around promising to drive TDU out of the union, Hoffa Jr.
		Bio of US Olympic Track and Field Athlete Reese Hoffa.
	home-economics.onlineinfosource.com /?q=home-economics-hoffa (244 words)

	Rendell, Fisher make union pitch - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Hoffa, 61, a Michigan labor lawyer and the son of the late James R. "Jimmy" Hoffa, was elected president of the International in 1998.
		Hoffa's father had led the Teamsters for more than a decade and had built a reputation as a labor powerhouse before being imprisoned for jury tampering and fraud in 1967.
		Byrnes, a longtime Hoffa supporter, said Hoffa made it clear the day after he was elected that it was time to end the longstanding disputes that divided the state conference.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/search/s_74667.html (1059 words)

	Online NewsHour: James P. Hoffa -- December 7, 1998
		James P. Hoffa was voted president of the Teamsters Union this weekend.
		JAMES P. HOFFA: Well, you know, first of all, my opponents were just beaten soundly in the election, so it shows what people think about what they're saying.
		JAMES P. HOFFA: Well, don't forget, globalization has only been brought about perhaps in the last 10 years, and it's a contrived effort, by the moneyed interests of the world to move money around.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/business/july-dec98/hoffa_12-7.html (1961 words)

	Teamsters-IBT James P. Hoffa Suffers Setbacks
		James P. Hoffa, the Teamsters president, has suffered two recent, little-noticed setbacks that are likely to make it harder to achieve his goal of ending federal supervision of the union.
		Hoffa has vowed to improve the image of a union that was long known for corruption.
		Hoffa, who took the union's helm 16 months ago, has made a concerted effort to persuade the Justice Department to end its intensive and invasive decade-long supervision of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
	www.laborers.org /nyt_teamo_6-20-00.html (854 words)

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