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- Jackie Presser was an American union leader and president (1983–88) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the nation’s largest unions. Presser quit school after the eighth grade, joined the navy at age 17, and served in World War II. He then took a job with a local restaurant
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Jackie Presser (born August 6, 1926, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.—died July 9, 1988, Lakewood, Ohio) was an American union leader and president (1983–88) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the nation’s largest unions. Presser quit school after the eighth grade, joined the navy at age 17, and served in World War II.
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Apr 7, 2015 · Bibliographic information. The spellbinding saga of Teamster boss Jackie Presser’s rise and fall In his rise from car thief to president of America’s largest labor union, Jackie Presser...
Jackie Presser was an American labor leader and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1983 until his death in 1988. He was closely connected to organized crime, and allegedly became president of the Teamsters based on the approval and support of the Cleveland Mafia.
Mar 27, 1989 · Nine years of information supplied by Jackie Presser as he balanced lives as teamster union leader, lackey of the mob, Presidential adviser and top-level Government informer provides new...
Jul 10, 1988 · The 61-year-old head of the nation's largest and richest labor union. -- widely regarded as the most corrupt labor organization -- had brain.
April 26, 1986 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Teamsters President Jackie Presser lived a double life as he rose through the union's ranks: one as a government informer and another as a Teamsters official...
Apr 26, 2024 · Presser, caught between two factions of the mob, began talking to the FBI in 1969, a step that would make "The Tailor" and "Alpro" -- his FBI code names -- the bureau's most important mob...
