On this penultimate 2 part Hoffa series episode we begin with Hoffa at his lowest point: in prison stuffing mattresses on the orders of Robert F Kennedy. As Hoffa is removed from the seat of power the control of the Teamsters apparatus returns to to Frank Fitzsimmons and the local barons: blood soaked and ready for siphon money cutting deals with employers as the economic crisis of the 1970s dawned.
Under the Fitzismmons regime, the teamster's leadership became a crucial ally of President Nixon in holding down wages, prices and economic rebellion.
But in this section of this Penultimate Hoffa episode we detail how Hoffa's departure led to a revolt of the petty officers in the teamsters union, and a wave of pressure from below to free Hoffa and put the union on a war footing, cul
We introduce the new character of future Teamsters for a Democratic Union Leader Pete Camerata, who in a similar way to Hoffa himself, began as a rebellious warehouse worker in Local 299, seeing himself as a 'Hoffaist' hoping to purge the "crooked gangster element" from the union's empire.
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