James P. Hoffa

Phillip James "Jim" Hoffa ( born May 19, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan) is since 1999 the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Biography

James Phillip Hoffa is the only son of James Riddle Hoffa and Josephine Hoffa (born Poszywak ). He was born three years after his sister Barbara Ann Hoffa (now Barbara Ann Crancer ) on May 19, 1941 in Detroit ( Michigan).

Hoffa is since he was 18 in 1959 member of the " Teamsters " and since 1963 has a degree in Economics from Michigan State University since 1966 and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

Between 1968 and 1993 he acted as counsel for the " Teamsters " and stood in 1996, the election to the President, which he lost to Ron Carey.

Due to disagreements ( " Teamsters Gate" ) Carey was forced to resign from his position and was not allowed to participate in the election; the allegations related to trade union funds, which had obviously been used for his campaign. On March 19, 1999 James P. Hoffa was, like his father, Jimmy Hoffa, president of the " Teamsters ", although similar allegations of procurement of campaign funds from the union Checkout as Ron Carey were in the room.

James P. Hoffa is the conservative wing of the " Teamsters " attributed to union. Like his father, he has great political influence and connections. He joined, among others, the Democratic Party in 2004 as a spokesman on.

In 2005, he led his union out of the AFL -CIO in the new federation Change to Win.

In 2006 he was called to the home page of the trade union as Jim Hoffa; this may make it clear to receive the meaning and strength Members of days gone back under his leadership, the hope of the " Teamsters ".

Hoffa is married and has two sons.

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