Breaking the Devil's Pact : The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob / Kerry T. Cooperman, James B. Jacobs.
Jacobs, James B., author.; Cooperman, Kerry T., author.
2011
KF228.U5 J28 2011
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Title Breaking the Devil's Pact : The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob / Kerry T. Cooperman, James B. Jacobs.
Author Jacobs, James B., author.
ISBN 9780814743669
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814743089.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright ©2011
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814743089.001.0001 doi
Call Number KF228.U5 J28 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 345.730267
Summary In 1988, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering suit against the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), at the time possibly the most corrupt union in the world. The lawsuit charged that the mafia had operated the IBT as a racketeering enterprise for decades, systematically violating the rights of members and furthering the interests of organized crime. On the eve of trial, the parties settled the case, and twenty years later, the trustees are still on the job. Breaking the Devil's Pact is an in-depth study of the U.S. v. IBT, beginning with Giuliani's lawsuit and the politics surrounding it, and continuing with an incisive analysis of the controversial nature of the ongoing trusteeship. James B. Jacobs and Kerry T. Cooperman address the larger question of the limits of legal reform in the American labor movement and the appropriate level of government involvement.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
U.S. v. IBT Timeline
Principal Names
1. Introducing the Litigants and the Judge
2. The Civil RICO Complaint and Settlement
3. IBT Resistance and Judge Edelstein's Resolve
4. Establishing New Disciplinary Machinery
5. An Insurgent's Triumph
6. General President Carey and the IRB
7. The 1996 Election Scandal
8. The 1998 Rerun Election and the Emerging Dominance of James P. Hoffa
9. The 2001 Election, the Demise of Project RISE, and the IRB's Third Term
10. The 2006 Election, the IRB's Fourth Term, and the Lead-Up to the 2011 Election
11. Lessons, Reflections, and Speculations
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

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