Word: longshoremen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Into the A.F.L.-C.I.O. headquarters in Washington one day last week waddled Captain William V. Bradley, the lard-bellied ex-tugboat skipper who took over the rackets-ridden International Longshoremen's Association after its expulsion from the A.F.L. in 1953. He was breathing heavily, almost apprehensively-and with good cause. His mission was delicate. He had come to try to persuade President George Meany to take the I.L.A. back into the fold...
With a great flurry the A.F.L. ousted the racket-ridden International Longshoremen's Association in 1953, then set out to sweep the New York docks with its own substitute, the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen. Twice the I.B.L. exerted full and expensive (more than a million dollars) efforts in bargaining elections, lost out to the entrenched I.L.A...
...have referred to me as an "ex-convict" in an article written in reference to the Inter national Longshoremen's Association [TIME, Jan. 4, 1954]. I have never been convicted of any crime and resent your reference to me in this manner. It is incumbent upon publishers of magazines and newspapers to report true facts. I am sure that you will be glad to correct this grievous error...
With a winning smile for even the stolid longshoremen, Grace walked up the gangplank, made her way to the sun deck, where another crowd awaited...
Generally considered one of the most powerful figures in the American labor movement, Hoffa, who left school at the age of 14, gained notoriety recently when he led a movement to unite the Teamsters Union with the International Longshoremen's Association. The Longshoremen's Union had been expelled from the American Federation of Labor because of alleged racketeer connections. The alliance was believed to constitute a major threat to the new coalition...