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inside the world of the Teamsters Union

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An edition of Devil's pact (1996)

Devil's pact

inside the world of the Teamsters Union

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Devil's Pact is the sometimes startling, often shocking, altogether gripping story of America's most controversial labor union, the men who ran it, the lives ensnared by it. Written by a former adviser to four union presidents, this first true insider's account tells what really took place behind the marble facade of the Teamsters' headquarters.

We learn about the deal presidential candidate Ronald Reagan made to ignore the Mafia's control of the Teamsters in order to get the union's endorsement. The author also reveals how the Teamsters set up a multimillion-dollar slush fund to help elect Bill Clinton president.

Complete with previously unpublished materials drawn from confidential sources as well as the author's own fourteen-year involvement with the highest reaches of the union hierarchy, Devil's Pact brings to light the underground history of this infamous labor union.

Carrying the reader from the fearsome reign of Jimmy Hoffa to his mysterious disappearance (including an explanation of how he died), from the ascendancy of Jackie Presser to the mob domination that led to a federal crackdown, and to present clashes of "reformist" leaders, this book explodes the fables and exposes the foibles that have surrounded the union and its leaders.

Encountered between the covers is an astonishing cast of characters - JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Bill Clinton, Sylvester Stallone, and numerous others - all of whom played a role in the unfolding Teamsters drama.

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Language
English
Pages
368

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Devil's pact: inside the world of the Teamsters Union
1996, Carol Publishing Group
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Edition Notes

"A Birch Lane Press book."
Includes index.

Published in
Secaucus, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
331.88/11388324/0973
Library of Congress
HD6515.T32 I579 1996, HD6515.T32I579 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 368 p. :
Number of pages
368

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL995594M
Internet Archive
devilspactinside00zell_0
ISBN 10
155972384X
LCCN
96034219
OCLC/WorldCat
35198711
Library Thing
1036119
Goodreads
1703558

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