IBT Corruption From the Top down:
Dave Beck President, 1952-1957: Veck was prosecuted for embezzlement and labor racketeering in 1959 in Washington state. He was convicted for pocketing $1,900 from the sale of a union-owned Cadillac. Beck was convicted later that year on federal charges of income-tax evasion.
James Hoffa, President, 1957-1971: Hoffa became involved with organized crime from the early years of his Teamsters work, and this connection continued until his disappearance in 1975. He was convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud in 1964. Hoffa was imprisoned in 1967, and sentenced to 13 years.
Frank Fitzsimmons, President, 1971-1981: Fitzsimmons was investigated in 1976 for failing to perform his fiduciary duties as trustee of the Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund and forced to resign from the board of trustees in 1977. Fitzsimmons testified in public and private regarding loans the pension fund made to certain mob-related businesses and the fund's operations.
Roy Lee Williams, President, 1981-1983: After a two-month trial during which extensive wiretapping evidence was heard, Williams and four others were convicted on December 15, 1982 for conspiring to bribe Nevada Senator Howard Cannon. He He was sentenced to 55 years in prison on March 31, 1983.
Jackie Presser, President, 1983-1988: Jackie Presser, along with his father and Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons, became informers for the federal government in 1972. Presser had been indicted by the federal government on bribery, embezzlement and other charges.
Ron Carey, President 1991-1998: The Carey campaign had engaged in an illegal donation kick-back scheme to raise more than $700,000 for his 1996 re-election effort. His re-election was overturned, Carey was disqualified from running for Teamsters president again, and he was subsequently expelled from the union for life.
James L Hoffa, President, 1998-present: Major issues with widespread corruption within the IBT. And just ordered to explain his bribery attempts to win the current re-election to IBT President.
Is this what you want to lead your union?
Dave Beck President, 1952-1957: Veck was prosecuted for embezzlement and labor racketeering in 1959 in Washington state. He was convicted for pocketing $1,900 from the sale of a union-owned Cadillac. Beck was convicted later that year on federal charges of income-tax evasion.
James Hoffa, President, 1957-1971: Hoffa became involved with organized crime from the early years of his Teamsters work, and this connection continued until his disappearance in 1975. He was convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud in 1964. Hoffa was imprisoned in 1967, and sentenced to 13 years.
Frank Fitzsimmons, President, 1971-1981: Fitzsimmons was investigated in 1976 for failing to perform his fiduciary duties as trustee of the Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund and forced to resign from the board of trustees in 1977. Fitzsimmons testified in public and private regarding loans the pension fund made to certain mob-related businesses and the fund's operations.
Roy Lee Williams, President, 1981-1983: After a two-month trial during which extensive wiretapping evidence was heard, Williams and four others were convicted on December 15, 1982 for conspiring to bribe Nevada Senator Howard Cannon. He He was sentenced to 55 years in prison on March 31, 1983.
Jackie Presser, President, 1983-1988: Jackie Presser, along with his father and Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons, became informers for the federal government in 1972. Presser had been indicted by the federal government on bribery, embezzlement and other charges.
Ron Carey, President 1991-1998: The Carey campaign had engaged in an illegal donation kick-back scheme to raise more than $700,000 for his 1996 re-election effort. His re-election was overturned, Carey was disqualified from running for Teamsters president again, and he was subsequently expelled from the union for life.
James L Hoffa, President, 1998-present: Major issues with widespread corruption within the IBT. And just ordered to explain his bribery attempts to win the current re-election to IBT President.
Is this what you want to lead your union?
