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John Coli Indicted!

July 12, 2017

Hoffa's man in Chicago, John Coli was hit with a federal indictment today, charged with taking payoffs of $100,000 from a Chicago employer and using the power of the Teamsters Union to line his own millionaire pockets.

John Coli, Hoffa’s Man in Chicago, is Finished

July 12, 2017

Chicago Teamster power broker John Coli, is on the way out. Dogged by federal corruption investigators, Coli will resign all of his Teamster posts on August 1, and turn the “family business” over to his sons.

Local 50 Officer Indicted, Members Face Merger Threat

June 27, 2017

Federal embezzlement charges have been brought against the former Local 50 president Scott Alexander and his wife Nancy – the former Local 50 office administrator. 

Judge Rejects Hoffa Corruption Whitewash

June 26, 2017

A Hoffa-appointed panel cleared Willie Smith of any wrongdoing after he was charged with racketeering and taking an illegal employer gift. But Judge Barbara Jones has overruled the Hoffa whitewash. 

In “Act of Cowardice,” Hoffa Revokes Local 2011 Charter

May 24, 2017

The Hoffa administration has pulled the plug on Teamster organizing among thousands of Florida public sector corrections officers by revoking the charter of Teamster Local 2011.  

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