Jimmy Hoffa
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James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913; died on July 30, 1975) was an American labor union leader who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union from 1957 to 1971. Hoffa started as a youth activist and rose to become a central figure in the IBT by his mid-20s.
He was the IBT's national vice president by 1952 and its general president from 1957 to 1971.
With the National Master Freight Agreement, he obtained the first national standard for teamsters' wages in 1964.
During his tenure as the president, he was instrumental in the union's growth and development, which later became the country's biggest (by membership) with over 2.3 million members at its peak. From the start of his Teamsters careers, Hoffa was involved in organized crime, and the link continued until his disappearance in 1975.
In two separate trials, he was found guilty of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud in 1964.
In 1967, he was arrested and sentenced to 13 years in prison.
He resigned as president of the union in mid-1971 as part of a commutation deal with President Richard Nixon, but he was barred from union service until 1980.
Hoffa, who was eager to re-establish help and to return to IBT leadership, has unsuccessfully attempted to reverse the order. In late July 1975, Hoffa vanished; his body was never recovered.
In 1982, he was proclaimed legally dead.
Early life and family
On February 14, 1913, Hoffa was born in Brazil, Indiana, to John and Viola (née Riddle) Hoffa. When Hoffa was seven years old, his father, who was of German descent from what is now called the Pennsylvania Dutch, died of lung disease in 1920. His mother was of Irish descent. In 1924, the family moved to Detroit, where Hoffa was born and lived for the remainder of his life. He left school at the age of 14 and began working full-time manual labor jobs to help his family.
Josephine Poszywak, an 18-year-old Detroit laundry worker of Polish descent, married Josephine Poszywak in Bowling Green, Ohio, on September 25, 1937. The two were unemployed laundry workers' strike action six months earlier. They had two children, Barbara Ann Crancer's daughter and James P. Hoffa's son. In 1939, the Hoffas paid $6,800 for a modest home in northwestern Detroit. The family later owned a basic summer lakefront cottage in Orion Township, Michigan, north of Detroit.
Early union activity
Hoffa began union organisation work as a youth, through his work with a grocery store, which paid substandard salaries and provided poor working conditions with no job protection. The employees were dissatisfied with the situation and formed a union to improve their lot. Though Hoffa was a child, his enthusiasm and approachability in that position inspired fellow employees, and he rose to a leadership role. Hoffa left the grocery store in 1932 after refusing to work for an abusive shift foreman, due in part to his union activities. He was then invited to join Local 299 of the Teamsters in Detroit to become an organizer.