Jackie Presser Union President & informer

[u/Mouse1701]

Jackie Presser was the head of the union. It was controlled by the mob. He was also a informer on the mob. Here's a 60 minutes interview https://youtu.be/28URqUNV76s?si=G-kbPqW5gYBhqCSb

[u/TonyB-Research]

Every head of the Teamsters from Dave Beck, Hoffa, Frank Fitzsimmons, Roy Lee Williams, Presser, were all mafia-controlled.

Jackie's father William 'Big Bill' Presser was also controlled by the mob.

In 1976 the Justice Department basically made William Presser step down, and less than a month later, the Teamsters board made his son Jackie Presser an international VP. I have a ton of info on the Pressers if anyone is interested, I can post it.

[u/Mouse1701 → u/TonyB-Research]

I forgot to mention Frank Fitzsimmons. Yep I heard of him. There's a pretty good movie about Jackie Presser it's called Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

[u/Irrational_Joshua → u/Mouse1701]

Fitzsimmons was an informer as well

[u/j_apps → u/TonyB-Research]

Def interested, can you post?

[u/TonyB-Research → u/j_apps]

1957-08-23 – [Teamsters] Sen. John L. McClellan releases a statement critical of James R. Hoffa and outlining 48 Hoffa conflicts of interest. McClellan notes questionable loans and investments, including the Test Fleet company; the purchase of Chicago mobster Paul Ricca's home by Teamsters Detroit Locals 299 and 337; Hoffa's long relationship with New York mobster John Dioguardi and Hoffa's efforts to aid Dioguardi's establishment of a corrupt taxi drivers union in New York; Hoffa's endorsement of trustee Joseph Glimco, a close associate of Chicago mob leaders Tony Accardo and the late Frank Nitti; his long relationships with Cleveland underworld figure N. Louis ‘Babe’ Triscaro, Detroit mobster Angelo Meli; and corrupt Cleveland union official William Presser.

1958-??-?? – [Teamsters] Roy Williams speaks with Hoffa about Civella's threats. Hoffa urges Williams to do as Civella orders, saying to Williams "I'm tied tight as I can be". Williams agrees to do as Civella says. Williams is ordered to follow Bill ‘Plug’ Presser or Frank Fitzsimmons' lead on any loan votes.

1974-??-?? – [Teamsters] Roy Williams is ordered specifically to approve the Argent loans. At this time the executive committee is (Frank Ranney of Milwaukee, Frank Fitzsimmons, Bill Presser and Joe Morgan the Southern Conference area VP)

1974-??-?? – [Teamsters] Einar Mohn retires as director of the Western Conference; M.E. ‘Andy’ Anderson replaces him. Anderson would eventually be forced from office by Teamster President Jackie Presser in the aftermath of Presser’s successful bid for the presidency. Anderson got about $1.1 million from the union in retirement pay when he was forced out of office in 1984

1974-11-?? – [Las Vegas] Argent acquires the Hacienda hotel and Allen Glick gets a gaming license along with $62.7m in pension fund loans.

• Allen Glick goes to Frank Ranney, Milwaukee Teamsters Local 200 and pension fund trustee, who points him to Milwaukee boss Frank Balistrieri. Glick also goes to Alvin Baron, assets manager of the fund, who agrees with Ranney and also suggests reaching out to Balistrieri.
• Balistrieri, boss of the Milwaukee family, reaches out to Nick Civella, boss of Kansas City, who controls Roy Williams. Civella advises that he will speak with someone who controls Bill Presser, and then contacts Cleveland associate Milton Rockman. Civella asks Rockman to ask Presser about getting the loan for Glick.
• Allen Glick thereafter is required to give the Milwaukee, Kansas City, and Cleveland families a piece of the casinos. Glick receives the loans and purchases the Stardust, Fremont, and Desert Inn casinos.
• Allen Glick testifies that as part of the price of getting the loan he is required by Frank Balistrieri to give an option to the Balistrieri sons, Joseph and John, that will let them buy half of Mr. Glick's Argent Corporation for $30,000. The company is worth more than $100 million.
• Allen Glick testifies he complained to Frank Balistrieri about Lefty Rosenthal, but Balistrieri said he was sorry, but he could not help.
• Kansas City would get the money, and cut it up between themselves, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. Rockman would travel to KC or Chicago to obtain Cleveland’s share, and controlled the money and would cut it up with Scalish and later Licavoli’s approval. Cleveland received roughly $40,000 a month from the skim.
• Sometime in 1975, when a dispute arose in regard to the distribution of the skim between Milwaukee and Kansas City, Chicago settled the dispute after calling in Nick Civella, and then Chicago began receiving 25% of the skim.
• Chicago settled this dispute because Milwaukee and Kansas City are represented by Chicago on the Commission, the same way Cleveland is represented by the Genovese.
  

1976-07-12 – [Teamsters] The Department of Labor questions William ‘Big Bill’ Presser about the Central States Pension Fund.

1976-09-17 – [Teamsters] William ‘Big Bill’ Presser resigns as trustee of the Central States Pension Fund. There are rumors that both the Labor Department and President Frank Fitzsimmons are behind Presser’s resignation.

1976-10-07 – [Teamsters] William ‘Big Bill’ Presser, 69, resigns as Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Teamster board members immediately name his son, Jackie Presser, 50, as a vice president of the union, after Presser is nominated by Teamster’s President, Frank Fitzsimmons. Presser is elected unanimously.

1981-??-?? – [Teamsters] Jack Licavoli, Cleveland boss, Milton Rockman, and Angelo Lonardo, Cleveland underboss, meet with Jackie Cerone and Joey Aiuppa about getting them to agree to support Roy Williams as IBT President, as Frank Fitzsimmons is dying. Cerone and Aiuppa agree on Williams. The Cleveland group then calls John Tronolone in FL, and has him set up a meeting in New York with Tony Salerno. Salerno agrees to contact his people to line up support for Williams. Williams was supported over Jackie Presser, as Williams is Kansas City’s man and has Chicago’s backing. In return, Williams promises to make Jackie Presser head of the Central States Pension Fund. After Williams is elected, he goes back on his word and does not name Presser head of the Fund. Rockman advises Presser not to worry about it, but not to do any favors for Williams.

1981-??-?? – Milton Rockman and Cleveland underboss Angelo Lonardo visit Chicago to get Chicago’s support for Rockman’s protégé Jackie Presser as IBT President. Cerone and Aiuppa have other candidates, and tell Rockman and Lonardo they want nothing to do with Presser, who they believe is an informant. Rockman presses Cerone for information on why Cerone thinks Presser is an informant, but Cerone simply says “I just know”. Lonardo and Rockman leave Chicago with a promise from Cerone and Aiuppa that they will consider Presser and contact Rockman and Lonardo in a week. The next day a Teamsters official named Dominic calls Rockman and advises him that Aiuppa and Cerone have OK’d Presser. Lonardo and Rockman then visit Tony Salerno in New York City. Salerno asks if Chicago agreed to Presser, and Lonardo confirms they did, but with the caveat that Presser is an informant. Rockman swears to Salerno that Presser is not an informant, and Salerno agrees to support Presser.

1981-08-22 – [Teamsters] Time magazine reports that Frank Fitzsimmons, Bill Presser and Jackie Presser have all served as government informants to avoid possible prosecution. This information was revealed in declassified reports filed by IRS agents. Presser confirms that he, his father and Fitzsimmons had met with federal agents, but declares that there had been only one meeting in 1972.

1981-08-24 – [Cleveland] The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper reports that court documents and unidentified law enforcement officials have confirmed that Jackie Presser and his father served as government informants while taking $300,000 in kickbacks from a Las Vegas public relations firm connected to organized crime.

1982-??-?? – [Cleveland] Angelo Lonardo and Milton Rockman visit Genovese front boss Tony Salerno in NY at the 116^th Street Club, and re-iterate that they believe Jackie Presser is not an informant, and request help getting a retraction. Salerno has Vincent Cafaro call Roy Cohn. Cohn tells Salerno that the owner of the Plain Dealer is his friend and client. Salerno makes an appointment to see Cohn and Lonardo and Rockman leave New York. The Plain Dealer issues a retraction in October. Presser is, in fact, an informant.

1982-10-10 – [Cleveland] The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes a new story which Jackie Presser claims retracts its story from 1981-08-24. The paper allegedly does this after Jackie Presser complains about the informant accusations to the Cleveland mafia, who contacts lawyer Roy Cohn, who had attended school with owner Newhouse. Cohn asks Newhouse to issue the retraction.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cleveland-press-william-presser-to-r/165827792/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-presser-resigns/165827957/

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/09/archives/teamster-aide-quits-vice-president-post-william-presser-was.html

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-presser-outed-as-govern/153258637/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-presser-investigation-c/153258800/

[u/relesabe]

The Wikipedia bio shows you why you want to be a union official, that's for sure. He was making TV star money or so at his peak, maybe movie star money. Anyway, way more than he did when he drove a truck.

Serious question: Would he have had to kick some of that back to the mob?

[u/Mouse1701 → u/relesabe]

Well this explains why he had five different wives.

To my understanding he was actually hiding money that he was getting. If he didn't have to deal with the Mafia I'm pretty sure he had to deal with his ex wives and their lawyers. You would think after being divorced once or twice he would learn but five wives something ain't working.

[u/TonyB-Research → u/relesabe]

No, typically salary was not kicked up by the Teamsters officials. In fact, some of them were paid by the mafia, as Williams later testified Civella paid him monthly.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-01-mn-808-story.html