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Earlier prosecutors were forced to fight the union's corruption by charging individual leaders with specific crimes: Teamsters President Jackie Presser, for example, is under indictment for racketeering and embezzlement, and past Presidents Dave Beck, Jimmy Hoffa and Roy Williams all went to jail. RICO frees the Justice Department to take action against an entire institution. Building on more than 300 convictions of Teamsters and union-related Mob figures since 1970, the lawsuit portrays the leadership of the 1.6 million- member union as a front for the Mafia. Organized crime, charged Giuliani, "has deprived union members of their rights through...
...free for executive-class passengers and cost $4 a flight for those with coach seats. The June selection includes the movies Innerspace and Shoot to Kill, reruns of Moonlighting and Night Court, a cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny and a recap of the 1987 World Series. Airvision President Sheldon Presser says the mini-TVs will also appear later this summer on Qantas Airlines and British Airways...
...Teamsters may be less interested in solidarity than in shelter from the Justice Department. The AFL-CIO leaders stood by Teamsters President Jackie Presser, who faces federal racketeering charges, and vowed to fight a Government bid to take control of the Teamsters to cleanse it of Mob influence...
...requisite fire in the belly. He got into the race reluctantly, never having admired George Bush much and believing that true-blue Reaganauts would rally to him rather than to Jack Kemp. Instead, he found only a trickle of supporters and contributors -- and realized he is a reluctant presser of flesh...
...International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Federal officials confirmed last week that the Government plans to file a path-breaking civil suit asking the courts to replace the national leadership of the Teamsters with a federal trustee. The takeover bid would not affect the upcoming criminal trial of Teamster President Jackie Presser on federal racketeering charges...