Devil's Pact: Inside the World of the Teamsters Union

About this book

Devils Pact is the sometimes startling often shocking altogether gripping story of Americas most controversial labor union the men who ran it the lives ensnared by it. Written by a former adviser to four union presidents this first true insiders account tells what really took place behind the marble facade of the Teamsters headquarters. We learn about the deal presidential candidate Ronald Reagan made to ignore the Mafias control of the Teamsters in order to get the unions endorsement. The author also reveals how the Teamsters set up a multimillion-dollar slush fund to help elect Bill Clinton president. Complete with previously unpublished materials drawn from confidential sources as well as the authors own fourteen-year involvement with the highest reaches of the union hierarchy Devils Pact brings to light the underground history of this infamous labor union. Carrying the reader from the fearsome reign of Jimmy Hoffa to his mysterious disappearance (including an explanation of how he died) from the ascendancy of Jackie Presser to the mob domination that led to a federal crackdown and to present clashes of "reformist" leaders this book explodes the fables and exposes the foibles that have surrounded the union and its leaders. Encountered between the covers is an astonishing cast of characters - JFK Marilyn Monroe Ronald Reagan Frank Sinatra Bill Clinton Sylvester Stallone and numerous others - all of whom played a role in the unfolding Teamsters drama.