Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa was an American labor leader who served as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1957 to 1971.
His name became synonymous with union corruption and organized crime ties.
Hoffa disappeared in 1975 and was never found, making his fate a lasting American mystery.
They'll find him when they find Jimmy Hoffa suggests something will never be discovered.
Joint worker-employer talks
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
solidarity · workers' rights · organizing · labor union · grievance · shop steward · wages · benefits
Disappeared from sight
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- cold caseUnsolved crime, investigation suspended
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
witnesses · suspects · remains · whereabouts · search · theories · body · last seen
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- extortionObtaining through threats
conviction · prison · Lewisburg · Robert Kennedy · jury tampering · indictment · trial · testimony
Road-based freight shipping
- pensionsOngoing payments after employment
- contract negotiationsDiscussing terms before signing
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- rank-and-fileOrdinary organization members
dues · organizing · Detroit · freight haulers · warehousemen · union hall · membership
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
picketing · solidarity · workers' rights · organizing · labor union · grievance · shop steward · wages · benefits · blue-collar
vanished
Disappeared from sight
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- cold caseUnsolved crime, investigation suspended
FBI · witnesses · suspects · remains · whereabouts · search · theories · body · last seen · presumed dead
mob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
extortion · conviction · prison · Lewisburg · Robert Kennedy · jury tampering · indictment · trial · testimony · verdict
trucking
Road-based freight shipping
- pensionsOngoing payments after employment
- contract negotiationsDiscussing terms before signing
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
rank-and-file · dues · organizing · Detroit · freight haulers · warehousemen · union hall · membership
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
- Labor Movementlabor leaders, union organizers, union leaders, labor activists, labor movement
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- mysteriesmystery, enigma, enigmas, puzzle, riddle
- 1975Saturday Night Live, SNL, Born to Run, Bohemian Rhapsody, Apollo-Soyuz
Jimmy HoffaHenry Ford
American automaker, early 1900s
union buster · strikebreaker · corporate management · Andrew Carnegie · scab
Jimmy HoffaRobert F. Kennedy
federal prosecutor · J. Edgar Hoover · Eliot Ness · FBI agent · whistleblower
Jimmy HoffaCesar Chavez
Mother Jones · Samuel Gompers · democratic socialist · reformer