Jimmy Hoffa Jimmy Hoffa James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975) was an American labor union leader who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union from 1957 until 1971. He vanished in late July 1975, at age 62. From an early age, Hoffa was a union activist and became an important regional figure with the IBT by his mid-20s. By 1952 he was national vice-president of the IBT, and was its general president between 1957 and 1971. He secured the first national agreement for teamsters' rates in 1964 with the National Master Freight
Trade Union International of Workers in the Mining, the Metallurgy and the Metal Industries Trade Union International of Workers in the Mining, the Metallurgy and the Metal Industries The Trade Union International of Workers in the Mining, the Metallurgy and the Metal Industries is a trade union international affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions. The TUI-WMMMI was founded at a conference in San Sebastian, Basque Country autonomous community Basque Country, Spain held 19-20, May 2008. It claims the historical legacy of two earlier TUIs: the Trade Unions International of Workers of the Metal and Mechanical Industries which dissolved during the fall of communism in Europe, and the Trade Unions International of Energy