Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa
James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffawas an American labor union leader and author who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamstersunion from 1958 until 1971. He vanished in late July 1975 at age 62...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth14 February 1913
CountryUnited States of America
Jimmy Hoffa quotes about
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From 1955 until 1965 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as Elvis Presley. From 1965 until 1975 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as the Beatles.
constitution forget prison
When you go to prison they forget it's your Constitution, too.
running men organization
When you run an organization like the Teamsters one man has to be the boss and run things.
tangible gains lapses
More apparent to Teamster members than any moral lapses were the tangible gains that had been steadily realized under Hoffa since his advent to power.
country powerful men
He's not just the most powerful man in labor," Robert Kennedy had said in the wake of Hoffa's announcement; "he's the most powerful man in the country, next to the President.
smart matter influential
Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too.
luxury lucky salt
A slab of bread "buttered" with lard and, if you were lucky, seasoned with salt and pepper, was a luxury.
animal liberty inmates
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
unions unusual
It has to be considered damned unusual that no other union was ever investigated.
vegas casinos hotel
Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers.
successful organization want
But because we are financially solid, because we do have an organization that is equipped to handle any situation that comes in front of us, we are successful in getting from the employers what are members want and need without strikes.
believe russia phones
Our rooms were bugged, our phones were tapped, and our lawyer's rooms were broken into and their files stolen. We finally had to hire armed guards with pistols to be able to maintain our records. It was hard to believe we weren't in Russia.