Jimmy Hoffa Research Paper
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Jimmy Hoffa: Missing Body
January 17th, 2014
Jimmy Hoffa: Missing Body
James R. Hoffa, also known as Jimmy Hoffa, was an American Labor Union leader of the teamsters who went missing in 1975. To this day, no one has any knowledge to where his body might be. Hoffa was very high in the rankings in his mid-twenties with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is still active today. They are a labor union group that represents a diverse membership of blue-collar and professional workers in both the public and private sectors. From 1958 to 1971, Hoffa became the general president of the National Brotherhood of Teamsters. Hoffa needed help with muscle and money for the Teamsters for their strikes so he turned to the Italian mafia for help. The Detroit mafia was who he got help from. It is believed that Tony Zerilli had something to do with Hoffa. During these years as president of the Teamsters, Hoffa was convicted of jury tampering, fraud, and attempted bribery. He was jailed in 1967 and was then sentenced to about 13 years. He resigned from presidency of the teamsters in 1971 in order to accommodate the agreement made with Richard Nixon. Nixon made it clear that Jimmy Hoffa could not be affiliated with union activities until 1980 which was when his 13 year sentencing would be over and done with. Hoffa had …show more content…
1967 rolled around and Hoffa had began to serve a possible 13 year prison sentencing. He recieved a pardon from the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, in the year of 1971. James R. Hoffa also had been told that he was banned from having a leadership position in the union until the year 1980. This didn 't stop Hoffa. He was relentless and did not give up the fight to regain control of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Simkin, J. ,
Jimmy Hoffa: Missing Body
January 17th, 2014
Jimmy Hoffa: Missing Body
James R. Hoffa, also known as Jimmy Hoffa, was an American Labor Union leader of the teamsters who went missing in 1975. To this day, no one has any knowledge to where his body might be. Hoffa was very high in the rankings in his mid-twenties with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is still active today. They are a labor union group that represents a diverse membership of blue-collar and professional workers in both the public and private sectors. From 1958 to 1971, Hoffa became the general president of the National Brotherhood of Teamsters. Hoffa needed help with muscle and money for the Teamsters for their strikes so he turned to the Italian mafia for help. The Detroit mafia was who he got help from. It is believed that Tony Zerilli had something to do with Hoffa. During these years as president of the Teamsters, Hoffa was convicted of jury tampering, fraud, and attempted bribery. He was jailed in 1967 and was then sentenced to about 13 years. He resigned from presidency of the teamsters in 1971 in order to accommodate the agreement made with Richard Nixon. Nixon made it clear that Jimmy Hoffa could not be affiliated with union activities until 1980 which was when his 13 year sentencing would be over and done with. Hoffa had …show more content…
1967 rolled around and Hoffa had began to serve a possible 13 year prison sentencing. He recieved a pardon from the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, in the year of 1971. James R. Hoffa also had been told that he was banned from having a leadership position in the union until the year 1980. This didn 't stop Hoffa. He was relentless and did not give up the fight to regain control of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Simkin, J. ,