...Hoffa Movie Review The 1992 film, Hoffa, gave me a lot of information on the labor organization through the years. When the movie first started the Teamsters were introduced by Hoffa to Ciaro, a truck driver. He is against the union and teamsters all together because he didn’t want to lose his job and have a bad reputation. This seemed to be true for a lot of truck drivers in these times. A job was a job and the workers did not want to risk it and lose everything. Jimmy Hoffa ended up telling people that Ciaro and him spoke in his truck about the Union and ended up resulting in Chiaro getting fired. This was interesting and ironic because unions were trying to be enforced so the workers could be protected but talk of them would result in companies firing pro-union workers. In order to get somewhere people had to risk losing jobs and reputations. Strike, boycotts and riots would eventually leave companies with no choice but to hire union workers. Since he lost his job over the union anyways, Ciaro decided to learn more about Hoffa and what his teamsters were all about. After Hoffa’s right hand man died doing a job for the teamsters, Chiaro took his place. The rest of the movie revolves around these two men trying to make truckers become unionized. They were highly effective. In this time the CIO was created. All of Hoffa’s work eventually led to contracts being formed by organizations for workers. Also in the 1930’s the Teamsters were defined as the most powerful union group...
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...Jonathan Agosto Hoffa The Movie The movie “Hoffa” told the story of Jimmy R. Hoffa. He is one of the greatest labor leaders in American history. In his lifetime, he accomplished great feats, and overcame many hard-ships. The movie Hoffa portrayed Jimmy Hoffa as a man working for the Teamsters. He was a hard working worker and devoted himself for the better of the workers, the truck drivers, whom were being treated terribly and paid scarcely. The Teamsters was a union for these truck drivers, helping them to get better rights and more pay. Jimmy Hoffa was illustrated as a heroic leader in Hoffa. He determinedly led millions of truck drivers to better rights, no matter what Jimmy Hoffa had to do. Nevertheless, his fight was not solely for the truckers, or even teamsters, but indeed for himself to, as he told Bobby, a trucker whom he befriended. “Hoffa” traces the labor leader's thirty years of violent influence. The story is told in several flashback sequences, opening in 1975, as Bobby Ciaro and Jimmy Hoffa are awaiting a meeting. Ciaro reminisces of when he and Hoffa first met in 1938. Jimmy Hoffa approaches a parked truck, inside of which driver Ciaro is taking a nap. Hoffa talks to him about the benefits of joining the Teamsters. He gives Ciaro a business card, on which he has written: "Give this man whatever he needs." A few days later, Ciaro reports to work to find Hoffa attempting to organize the workers. Hoffa blurts out about their ride together and Ciaro is fired...
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...Facts: In 1962, James Hoffa was tried in the trial commonly known as “The Test Fleet Trial”. During this trial Hoffa, stayed in a hotel suite in Nashville, where he made statements and planned to try to sway members of the jury through bribery. The leader of the Nashville teamster union and companion of Hoffa, King, was also involved in the plot. Edward Partin, who made multiple reports to government officials about the statements made between Hoffa, King and himself was seen in and around the suite as well. The government specifically asked Partin to keep up with Hoffa and watch out for any attempts to bribe the jury panel. Partin’s wife was given compensation from the government and charges that Partin faced previously were dropped. After...
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...If I were playing a name association game and someone said, “Jimmy Hoffa,” I would respond “gangster.” Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, living primarily in white, middle-class neighborhoods, I had a negative impression of labor unions, especially the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Based on comments from adults I trusted, reports from the “CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite,” and storylines in the movies, unions were led by corrupt men who sought to control their membership for personal gain. The disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975 only added to the reputation of Teamsters being controlled by a criminal element. My one personal connection to a union was through my mother, a public school teacher in Jacksonville, Florida. From what I recall, she felt subtle pressure to join the teacher’s union because “everyone is doing it.” I don’t remember the membership being of value to her, only a burden, especially when contract negotiations stalled and there was the talk of a strike. Teaching art to high school students was her passion, and she lacked patience for what she considered unmerited interruptions in those pursuits. I was left with the overall impression that she was coerced into joining an organization that offered little or no value to her professional development. In recent years, I have...
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...It wasn’t long after that he rapidly climbed the ranks and became a business agent in that same year, elected President of the local by 1937 and by the early 1940’s, Hoffa formed the Michigan Conference of Teamsters. In 1947, he earned the position as the Trustee on the General Executive Board, was elected to the board as a Vice President in 1952, and later elected General President at the national convention in 1957. One of Hoffa’s uttermost accomplishments was in the 1964 National Master Freight Agreement, which united more than 400,000 over-the-road drivers under one...
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...| Course Project | The Rise and Fall of Ronald R. Carey | | [Type the author name] | | Course Project for Professor Mary Myers-Nelson in HRM586: Labor Relations with a due date of 02/16/2013 | (Early & Wilson, 2008) (Teamsters, 2013) Table of Contents In the Beginning 2 Corruption within the Teamsters and the Fight against It 3 When the Government Got involved 5 The New President 6 The fall of Ron Carey 7 Innocence is won 11 Speculations of a Conspiracy 13 Conclusion 16 Bibliography 17 The history of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) dates back to 1902 when it was first established. In 1991 Ron Carey became the General President of the teamsters claiming that he would end the corruption within the Teamsters. He was the 11th president for the IBT and the first one to be elected by direct vote of rank-and-file members. He is most known for ending the strike in 1997 of the parcel giant UPS. Shortly after his big win against UPS he was barred from the presidency and permanently ejected from the Union. This paper tells about his life from his years before presidency, what he did while he was in office, why he was barred, and the events leading up to him being found innocent. In the Beginning Ronald “Ron” Carey, was the son of a teamster, a fellow union man and was born in New York City March 22, 1936. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Marines for two years from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 he joined the Teamsters...
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...Pro Side Debate Summary Marlon D. Ector BCOM/275 2/23/2015 Michael Frank Introduction The Keystone XL Pipeline is a massive 875 mile pipe that goes across the United States from the lands of Alberta, Canada to the lands of Nebraska to connect to and exsisting pipeline and go on to the Texas Gulf Coast. It further is a costly project where numbers have totaled the values of trillions of dollars and years of work to complete this project. Pro’s When looking at this project of building a pipeline we have to look at all the things this project would do for the economy within the United States. A con to this project allows us to produce more energy and gives us the opportunity to compete in the world by moving oil at its lowest cost. Now, with all that we have been going through in these last few years of high gas prices, that bring good news to have a hope of lower prices. Then when looking at the massive size of this project through the length of time it will take to build through 1 country, and 3 states, allows you to see the vast ability to create jobs. According to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in a 2014 article they were in agreement because it would produce 2,500 jobs for workers closer to the project and support 42,100 jobs. This would really aid the gross domestic product in a large way and help the United States in becoming major player within the market. The pipeline is one that will allow us as a Nation to...
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...Legal Status of Unions Legal Status of Unions The history of the American labor movement coincides with the development of labor unions in the United States, from the initial local craft unions like the Federal Society of Journeyman Cordwainers (shoemakers), to the formation of national unions such as the National Labor Union (NLU) and the Knights of Labor, creation of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and the Congress of International Organizations (CIO), the merger of the AFL-CIO, and its breakup through the defection of the national unions that formed the Change to Win (CTW) coalition (Fossum, 2012, pp. 27-34, 53-54). Paralleling the union development was a series of national labor legislation: Railway Labor Act (1926), Norris-LaGuardia Act (1932) legitimizing collective bargaining, National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), ruled unconstitutional in 1935, National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act, 1935) establishing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Taft-Hartley Act (1947), and Landrum-Griffin Act (1959) (Fossum, 2012, pp. 63-75). This paper will examine this evolution of the legal status of American unions and what union activities were restricted by laws and courts; the major contributing causes to the failure of uplift unionism; advantages and disadvantages of a business union vs. labor political party approach; leading personalities contributing to the definition of labor relations in the United States; and the most effective union leaders during the...
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...Weldon Mathis became president of the Teamsters when Jackie Presser was diagnosed with cancer. Mathis wasn’t well liked and often felt misunderstood according to the low rank of voting throughout the council. Mathis dealt with drama from the union’s first vice president Joseph Trerortola and also with federal officials trying to impose on him as an administrator. Mathis was taken from presidency in 1988, and the baton was passed down to William J. McCarthy. As he dragged the role out from under Mathis, it was taken from him by Ron Carey in 1990. He was very judgemental of the UPS contract the Teamsters received in 1990. The last known president of the Teamsters is James P. Hoffa. He was elected in December of 1998 and took office in March of 1999, and continued to be re-elected for five year terms until 2011. Hoffa started off his term with ratifying a contract for thousands of carhaul members, had confrontation with the Northwest Airlines in the 2000s, and solving problems that ranged from personal to impersonal, government to policies, and members to power. The Teamsters was ran by many successful men and have driven the group to utter happiness still to this day. The Teamsters has recently brought themselves back into the re-affiliation with The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations- the national trade union center and the largest federation of unions in the US. The Teamsters brought great impact upon this representation of lots of active and retired...
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...Shane Eichenlaub ENGL 1011-11 Dr. Clark 12 December 2011 Cain’s False Hope With the Republican GOP candidacy in play, many potential candidates are within arm’s reach of being at the top. With the Presidential Elections less than one year away, the question still remains, who can take on Obama? One candidate who has found himself in the mix is Herman Cain. Cain has grabbed the attention of Americans with his plan to attack our current tax code system. He believes that his experience in the business world gives him the best chance at restoring our economy. Cain tells American’s that his 9-9-9 plan will solve all the problems with our current system and America will be as strong as ever. So, can something this big be solved with such a simple plan? The answer is no. Cain’s plan is too simple to work, and many questions still remain unanswered. Although Cain is convinced that he will be the last one standing, the odds are slim to none. Cain served as CEO of Godfather’s pizza. With the company about to go under he showed his poise and problem solving skills and was able to save the company. “In just 14 months, Herman returned Godfather’s to profitability and he led his management team to a buyout of the company.”(Cain) Cain and his supporters believe this qualifies him to run a country with severe economic problems. After his success Cain became President of the National Restaurant Society as well as the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas...
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...One of his proudest achievements was assembling the evidence that convicted Hoffa. Jimmy Hoffa was a criminal and Robert hated jimmy so it was kind of family “blood feud” as they would say. He was also a very well known politician of USA. Robert is famous or known for being an Attorney General during his brother John F Kennedy’s administration. He later served as a U.S. Senator. Another of his accomplishments was that he bailed out Martin Luther king out of jail, and he made a call not as a senate but as himself being a...
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...Mexican Trucking. 1. What are the potential economic benefits of the trucking provisions in the NAFTA treaty? Who benefits? Who might lose? 2. What do you think motivated the Teamsters to object to the trucking provisions in NAFTA? Are these objections fair? Why did Congress initially align itself with the Teamsters? * The Teamsters object the trucking provisions in NAFTA because the greater competition from Mexican trucking firms would lower the price of road transportation within NAFTA. * The Teamsters Union also argued that Mexican truck drivers had poor safety records and that Mexican trucks did not adhere to the strict safety and environmental standards of the United Sates. * The president of Teamsters, James Hoffa, says that Mexican trucks are older, dirtier, and more dangerous than American trucks. American trucks drivers are taken off the road if they commit a serious traffic violation in their personal vehicle. That’s not so in Mexico. Limits on the hours a driver can spend behind the wheel are ignored in Mexico. * The Congress initially align itself with the Teamsters during the Bush administration which approved a measure setting 22 new safety standards that Mexican trucks would have meet before entering the United States. 3. Did it make economic sense for the United States to bear the costs of punitive tariffs as allowed for under NAFTA, as opposed to letting Mexican trucks enter the United States? * No, it does not make economic...
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...Labor Unions — Are They Still Relevent Labor Unions were formed in the mid-19th century in response to the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution. The labor unions were established to help workers with low pay, unsafe working conditions and long hours—to name a few. Their main goal was to ensure that all working people were treated justly in the work force. “Working people have a lot of concerns in this economy. They want decent pay. They want benefits. And of course they want job security. All the reasons why they need union representation” (Crane, 2012). Is that statement still true today? Do labor unions want the best for the working person or are unions another example of something good gone bad? Many people believe Labor Unions were essential in the 19th century but now with government oversight and business practices, unions are no longer required. Labor Unions Needed Agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions during the Industrial Revolution. As the revolution progressed, business moved from a mom-and-pop model to a machine-and-factory production model. Families quickly moved from the rural areas to the cities. They hoped to improve their standard of living. This meant ever member of the family had to work, regardless of sex or age. People worked for long hours for low wages, in dangerous and repetitive conditions, and with little-to-no job...
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...Which is when you reference a respected source such as an athlete or celebrity and explain their ideas on the topic. In my paper I wrote “Some of the most famous celebrities like Leonardo Dicaprio are publicly supporting Karen Xue, so why wouldn’t you”. I am making the reader feel like since Leonardo Dicaprio is supporting Karen they should too, even though he might not know anything about politics. Another fallacy I want to share is “Take this into consideration ever since Chris Hoffa got involved with politics the violence rate in the United States has gone up”. This is a post hoc because I assume that because he got involved into politics violence rate went even though the two might have nothing to do. Furthermore, while writing this paper I struggled getting started. I didn’t know exactly how to write a paper using logical fallacies. I know I have used logical fallacies in my arguments before but not all the ones we learned in class. I admit I am guilty of using hasty generalizations in my everyday arguments but that’s about it. What I did was go through each logical fallacy and try to come up with example of it that would fit my paper. Unfornutely I couldn’t come with an example for every fallacy but I did for a...
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...roads The ambitious but controversial North American Free Trade Agreement[->0] between the United States[->1], Canada and Mexico from the 1990s is back, this time as the backdrop to a contentious new cross-border deal allowing Mexican freight trucks onto U.S. highways. The agreement, announced last month by theDepartment of Transportation[->2], is being assailed by critics as a possibly illegal undertaking that will take jobs from U.S. truckers and money from U.S. taxpayers. It is opposed by the USA[->3]'s largest transportation union, the Teamsters, by a national association of independent truckers and by some federal lawmakers from both parties. "We think it's unsafe, unfair and wrong for America," says Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa. "It's a danger to highway safety. …? It will cost thousands of trucking and warehouse jobs." He says the agreement is "probably illegal" because it goes beyond the scope of an earlier cross-border trucking pilot program that Congress killed in 2009. Critics such as Reps. Peter DeFazio[->4], D-Ore., andDuncan Hunter[->5], R-Calif., argue that Mexico's trucking industry is far less regulated and monitored than the USA's and that the deal opens the way for Mexican narco-traffickers to gain a foothold on U.S. roads. They're not convinced by assurances that Mexican trucks and drivers will be carefully inspected and monitored by U.S. authorities. "It takes $50 and a fake gold watch to get out of a speeding ticket in Tijuana," says Hunter. "This...
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