Hoffa,James Riddle

Hoffa,James Riddle
Hof·fa (hŏfʹə), James Riddle. Known as “Jimmy.” 1913-1975?.
American labor leader who became president of the Teamsters Union (1957) and attempted to organize all transportation workers into one union. Hoffa was jailed for jury tampering and fraud (1967-1971) and was later abducted and presumably murdered (1975).

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