Word: pressers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Teamsters may be less interested in solidarity than in shelter from the Justice Department. The AFL-CIO leaders stood by Teamsters President Jackie Presser, who faces federal racketeering charges, and vowed to fight a Government bid to take control of the Teamsters to cleanse it of Mob influence...
...requisite fire in the belly. He got into the race reluctantly, never having admired George Bush much and believing that true-blue Reaganauts would rally to him rather than to Jack Kemp. Instead, he found only a trickle of supporters and contributors -- and realized he is a reluctant presser of flesh...
...International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Federal officials confirmed last week that the Government plans to file a path-breaking civil suit asking the courts to replace the national leadership of the Teamsters with a federal trustee. The takeover bid would not affect the upcoming criminal trial of Teamster President Jackie Presser on federal racketeering charges...
...indeed, the Aquino marriage seemed to play out in miniature the central dialectic of Cory's life between politics and faith. As a traditional Filipino flesh presser, Ninoy regarded all politics as dirty politics and was content to join the rough-and-tumble system in order to beat it. Cory, however, disapproved of such chicanery, and in deference to her, Ninoy and his friends never discussed skulduggery when she was present. "The minute she entered the room," says one close family friend, "people put on their best behavior. Even Ninoy behaved when Cory was around. I was nervous when Cory...
...federal jury found Salerno and seven other mobsters guilty of directing racketeering operations of the Mafia. Last week federal prosecutors in New York City unsealed a September indictment naming Salerno, 75, who heads the Genovese crime family, and three associates as co-conspirators in fixing the election of Jackie Presser as head of the powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1983. Whether or not Salerno is found guilty of these latest charges, he already faces more bad news in January, when he will be sentenced in the Mafia trial. The maximum stretch he could receive: 306 years...