{"product_id":"the-hoffa-wars-teamsters-rebels-politicians-and-the-mob","title":"The Hoffa wars: Teamsters, rebels, politicians, and the mob","description":"From Wikipedia: James Riddle \"Jimmy\" Hoffa (born February 14  1913 - disappeared July 30  1975  declared legally dead July 30  198212) was an American labor union leader.  Hoffa was involved with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union as an organizer from 1932 to 1975. He served as the unions General President from 1958 to 1971. He secured the first national agreement for teamsters rates in 1964  and played a major role in the growth and development of the union  which eventually became the largest single union in the United States  with over 1.5 million members during his terms as its leader.  Hoffa  who had been convicted of jury tampering  attempted bribery  and fraud in 1964  was imprisoned in 1967  sentenced to 13 years  after exhausting the appeal process. It was not until mid-1971 that he officially resigned the Teamsters presidency  an action that was part of a pardon agreement with U.S. president Richard Nixon  in order to facilitate his release later that year. Nixon blocked Hoffa from union activities until 1980 (which would have been the end of his prison term  had he served the full sentence); Hoffa was attempting to overturn this order and to regain support.  Hoffa was last seen in late July 1975  outside the Machus Red Fox  a suburban Detroit restaurant.3  Hoffa worked to defend the Teamsters unions from raids by other unions  including the CIO  and extended the Teamsters influence in the Midwestern states  from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. Although he never actually worked as a truck driver  he became president of Local 299 in December 1946.8 He then rose to lead the combined group of Detroit-area locals shortly afterwards  and advanced to become head of the Michigan Teamsters groups sometime later. During this time  Hoffa obtained a deferment from military service in World War II  by successfully making a case for his union leadership skills being of more value to the nation  by keeping freight running...","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44669969858613,"sku":"ByrdShop_0448226847","price":114.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0448226847.jpg?v=1756639204","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-hoffa-wars-teamsters-rebels-politicians-and-the-mob","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}