Jackie Presser

Jackie Presser ( born August 6, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio; † July 9, 1988 in Lakewood, Ohio) was 1983-1988 President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Biography

Jackie Presser was the son of the infamous " Teamsters " Bill Presser, who had been convicted three times for crimes in connection with his trade union activities ( "labor racketeering " ) and two years before the appointment of his son died as president of the Teamsters.

Even Bill Presser maintained close relations with the former union boss Frank Fitzsimmons and Charles Colson, an associate of U.S. President Richard Nixon, who also like this had to give up his post because of Watergate.

Bill saw his son Jackie certainly like to follow in his footsteps in the union, but of course it needed now more than to be the son of an infamous racket Teamsters in order to even be its president can. Jackie also served as an FBI informant on the activities of the Cosa Nostra in Cleveland. In turn, the FBI was protecting him from some attacks with a placed in a car bomb - a method that was very popular in Mafia circles in Cleveland - by his car endowed for example, a special detector.

In October 1975, then probably paved the way for his presidency as a union leader, when he played in " La Costa Country Club " with Richard Nixon, Frank Fitzsimmons, Anthony Provenzano and Allen M. Dorfman golf. 1983 Roy Williams was convicted of bribery; Presser was his successor, and in 1986 was re-elected for another five years.

"On Wednesday, May 21, 1986, Jackie Presser is re-elected for five years. "Despite the court charges Presser is treated at the Congress as a reigning Sultan and not as a potential criminal prisoner " (LA Times, 22 May 1986 ) while allowing guests to enjoy caviar and lobster, Presser is on with its 136 kilos as the Pope a sedan chair carried by four weightlifters in the hall that are dressed as Roman warriors. [ ... ] The Bonze is praised by several speakers to it that he has increased the political influence of the trade union donations to candidates and for charitable organizations. "

In 1984, the FBI had recorded a conversation between himself, Anthony " Fat Tony" Salerno, John Trolone ( " Peanuts ") and the " Teamsters " Official William J. McCarthy and Roy Williams. McCarthy said in this conversation, to require the decision of a Mafia boss before he could move forward in the " Teamsters " on. And although the New York Times reported this conversation in 1988, McCarthy 1989 new president of the union.

As boss of the Teamsters Jackie Presser entertained further close relations with the White House under Ronald Reagan, who continued to hold over him (again with the help of the FBI), the protective hand.

Although the times of high disreputable sums under Jimmy Hoffa and Frank Fitzsimmons, in which the Mafia was able to practically use directly the pension fund in the Central States Pension Fund, were now over, but under President Presser did not run all within the legal framework.

So a "ghost workers" in Pressers home office in 1985 "Local 507" debunked in Cleveland by the judiciary, where Presser had previously been treasurer. Dave Allen had eleven months due to embezzlement or embezzlement to jail because he with $ 165,000 of union funds - had been paid and felt after his conviction as pawns of Teamsters President - to have delivered without the slightest consideration for it.

Jackie Presser died in 1988 at the age of 61 from cancer.

Jackie Presser in the film

• Jeff Daniels embodied Jackie Presser 1992 in TV production, " Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story".