Jimmy Hoffa's Contributions
Barb: Jimmy Hoffa was born in 1913 in Indiana. His father died when he was seven, and he quit school in his early teams to work at a grocery store to help support his family (Jimmy Hoffa Biography). He actually organized a strike at that grocery store to get a better contract for the workers. “He used a newly arrived shipment of strawberries as a bargaining chip” (Jimmy Hoffa Biography). “The workers wouldn’t unload until they had a new deal” (Jimmy Hoffa Biography). He started his official union affiliation in the 1930’s during which he became President of a Detroit chapter of the Teamsters. In 1957 he became the President of the entire Teamsters Union and maintained that position until 1971. His bargaining abilities and union knowledge