Jimmy Hoffa means of leveraging union strength at one company, to then move to organize workers, and finally to win contract demands at other companies. This process, which took several years starting in the early 1930s, eventually brought the Teamsters to a position of being one of the most powerful unions in the United States. Trucking unions in that era were heavily influenced by, and in many cases controlled by elements of, organized crime. For Hoffa to unify and expand trucking unions, he had to make accommodations and arrangements with many gangsters, beginning in the Detroit area. Organized crime influence on the
Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page is the title of a coffee table autobiography written by Jimmy Page, a British musician and member of the rock band, Led Zeppelin. It is published by Genesis Publications (England) and was published in September 2010. Features in the book include rare photos, personally selected by the author, along with handwritten captions describing the subject(s) in the images. The book is described as "a career in pictures". The selection of photos are meant to represent Page's musical career. The book was updated and re-released in 2014 to catch up on