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...police made the traditional observation that they suspected "foul play." They had every reason to do so, considering Hoffa's criminal record, which he once boasted was "as long as your arm," and his activities in recent months. As usual, Hoffa was again in the middle of a Teamster battle, only this time he was starting as the underdog. His eventual goal was to regain the presidency of the Teamsters union, which he had first won in 1957. Jailed in 1967 on a 13-year sentence for jury tampering, fraud and conspiracy, he clung to his title until June...
...those dollar signs there--not a director. Fighting for Our Lives is filled with moments like that. No one had to hire extras to play sheriffs in Kern and Tulare counties; they were out there in the fields clubbing down farm workers on orders from the growers. And the Teamster scabs weren't reading from a script when they stood across from the picketlines to taunt the strikers, calling them "commies" and "freeloaders." As in all documentaries, the hatred and violence are appalling not because they are "handled well" or "convincing," but because they were real in the first place...
...News Closeup. In the 18 months since Closeup presented its first hour-long program, the network's new documentary unit has specialized in asking-and finding answers for-some nasty questions. Closeup has asked why the Federal Aviation Administration has been lax in pursuing passenger safety, whether Teamster President Frank Fitzsimmons arranged with the White House to have his predecessor James Hoffa barred from further union activity, why fire-safety standards in the U.S. are not higher, why major coal companies in West Virginia have not paid millions of dollars in government fines for safety violations...
Most of the farm workers who work under Teamster contracts do so out of economic necessity, not free choice. Many, finding the contract unenforced, have refused to pay dues. When Frank Fitzsimmons, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, went to speak in Salinas. Calif... in June 1974. "Teamster" lettuce workers left the fields to picket his conference. When Cesar Chavez went to Salinas five days later, 3500 "Teamster" lettuce workers went to a UFW rally...
When Gallo announced the beginning of negotiation with the Teamster above 80 per cent of the Gallo workers went out on strike. The response of the corporation was to bring in strike-breakers, and to sign a "sweetheart" contract with the Teamsters after a single bargaining session. In September of 1973, Gallo workers met at UFW headquarters and decided to initiate the boycott of Gallo products...