Word: warehousemen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, headed by Arkansas Democrat John McClellan. The McClellan committee uncovered plenty of corruption in other unions, notably the Bakery and Confectionery Workers and the Operating Engineers. But among U.S. labor unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America ranks first in size, money, power and sheer, shocking magnitude of corruption...
...questionable dealings might help his labor bill along in the House-a matter of increasing urgency since Hoffa is now mulling over the idea of creating a nationwide "council" of transport workers with the help of Red-tinged Harry Bridges of the West Coast International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union...
Married. Harry Bridges, 57, boss of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union; and Noriko Sawada, 35, Nisei secretary; after difficulty with a Nevada miscegenation law; in Reno (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...purpose of "discussing and settling jurisdictional disputes, matters of mutual concern and matters affecting progress and stability in the transportation industry." Among those who will be invited to attend the August meeting: Red-Lining Harry Bridges, boss of the West Coast's International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Paul Hall, president of Joe Curran's rival outfit, the Seafarers' Union, New York subway union's Mike Quill...
Even before Hoffa sang his melody, the same theme was batted out by none other than Harry Bridges, Red-lining boss of the West Coast International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, and a dedicated enemy of George Meany's A.F.L.-C.I.O. (the C.I.O. ousted Bridges and his union long ago). Crowed Bridges: "There's one thing I know. If the Teamsters and the two dock unions [i.e., his own and the East Coast's International Longshoremen's Association, also ousted] got together, they'd represent more economic power than the combined A.F.L...