Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa was an American labor union leader who served as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He disappeared in 1975 and was declared legally dead in 1982.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: A North American labor union representing workers in trucking, logistics, and many other industries. Hoffa joined the union in Detroit and later led it as international president.
Collective bargaining: Negotiation between employers and workers’ representatives over wages, hours, and working conditions. Hoffa used union bargaining to secure contracts across trucking employers.
Dave Beck: An American labor leader who served as Teamsters president before Jimmy Hoffa. Beck’s 1957 removal from union leadership cleared the way for Hoffa’s presidency.
Landrum–Griffin Act: A 1959 U.S. law establishing protections for union members and disclosure rules for labor organizations. Congress passed it amid public concern about corruption in labor unions, including the Teamsters.
Detroit: A major Michigan city that became a center of automobile manufacturing and industrial labor. Hoffa built his union career organizing warehouse workers in Detroit.
National Master Freight Agreement: A nationwide Teamsters contract covering wages and working conditions in much of the trucking industry. Hoffa helped negotiate the 1964 agreement, extending common standards across freight trucking.
Frank Fitzsimmons: An American labor leader who succeeded Hoffa as Teamsters president in 1971. Fitzsimmons took over when Hoffa left office after entering federal prison.
Teamsters Local 299: A Detroit chapter of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters associated with Jimmy Hoffa’s early career. Hoffa’s local became a base for his organizing and a symbol of his Detroit ties.
Labor union: An organization through which workers collectively represent their interests to employers. Hoffa’s power came from organizing workers into a union with national reach.
Labor union organizing: The process of building worker support for collective representation and union recognition. Hoffa’s early campaigns recruited warehouse and trucking workers into the Teamsters.

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The IrishmanRelated: Hoffa’s relationship with Sheeran and unexplained disappearance drive the film’s central story.