Corruption and Reform in the Teamsters Union

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Corruption and Reform in the Teamsters Union. By David Witwer. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2003. viii + 298 pp. Index, notes, illustrations. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 0-252-02825-2.

Reviewed by Aaron Max Berkowitz

In his recent study of union corruption within the Teamsters Union, David Witwer argues that the conventional view of the Teamsters as a union overrun with criminals and mobsters is overly simplistic and inaccurate. "Most Teamster officials served at the local level, engaged in no nefarious dealings with organized crime, and spent the bulk of their time busily responding to ...

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