Breaking the devil's pact : the battle to free the Teamsters from the mob /
"In 1988, despite powerful Congressional opposition, U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering (RICO) suit against the leaders of the behemoth International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and more than two dozen Cosa Nostra (LCN) leaders. Intending to land a fatal blow to...
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Table des matières:
- Introducing the litigants and the judge
- The civil RICO complaint and settlement
- IBT resistance and Judge Edelstein's resolve: July 1989
- September 1992
- Establishing new disciplinary machinery: July 1989
- September 1992
- An insurgent's triumph: the IBT's 1991 election
- General President Carey and the IRB: 1992
- 1997
- The 1996 election scandal
- The emergence of James P. Hoffa
- The 2001 election, the demise of project rise and the IRB's third term
- The 2006 election, the IRB's fourth term and the lead up to the 2011
- Election
- Lessons, reflections and speculations.