William J. McCarthy

William J. McCarthy ( born September 2, 1919 in Boston, † November 19, 1998 in Arlington, Virginia) was President of the International Brotherhood of Team -ester of 1989 until 1991.

Biography

McCarthy was born in Boston and at the age of 17 years a member of the " Teamsters " because he as a professional driver on the route Boston - New York was the go. After he had spent ten years behind the wheel, he was in 1946 employed by the Teamsters in the "Local 25 " in Boston, which at that time had about 7,000 members and thus was the largest branch of the trade union in New England. He rose quickly and in 1955 president of the "Local 25 " and 1969 Vice- President of the All Union under Frank Fitzsimmons.

As Vice President with that came also the president of the Teamsters within reach for him. McCarthy obviously had not forgotten the events surrounding the disappearance of former president Jimmy Hoffa, and as his possible presidency was slowly concrete, he behaved accordingly.

In 1984, the FBI a conversation between him, Jackie Presser (successor of Fitzsimmons ) and the Mafioso Anthony Salerno ( " Fat Tony" ) and John Trolone ( " Peanuts " ) in the file on. Jackie Presser itself functioned well known as an FBI informant.

McCarthy said in the decision of a Mafia boss to need before he can move forward in the Teamsters on. And although the New York Times reported this conversation in 1988, In 1989 he was president of the Teamsters. Of course that was not a good starting point in order to relieve the union of existing allegations of connection to La Cosa Nostra.

Given this first documented ' President discovery ' by Mobster therefore in 1991 a court ordered the election of the President of the Transport Workers' Union by its members.

In this election by 1.6 million members McCarthy then lost against Ron Carey, who had presented himself as a reform candidate.

William J. McCarthy died on 19 November 1998 at the age of 79 years in Symmes Hospital in Arlington, he left behind his wife, a brother (John), two daughters (Rose Mary Treacy, Anne Prendergast ), two sons ( Chelsea and Lawrence ) and eleven grandchildren.