Word: bagman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That blow licked us. I gave up and we were unionized. First he signed the drivers and the outside men. Then Kierdorf let me rest for three weeks. Then he came back and said, "We want your secretaries." So, finally, we went to George Kamenow [the Detroit bagman for Labor Relations Associates Boss Nate Shefferman, great and good friend to the then Teamster President Dave Beck] and paid off $2,000 and agreed to pay a monthly retainer of $75. That was that; no secretaries were organized. But two weeks after the McClellan committee began sniffing around, Kierdorf came around...