When Jimmy Hoffa was elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1957, he set out to transform the union from a loose network of local affiliates to a national group with enough power to shape federal policy.
Though Hoffa disappeared nearly half a century ago, his name is synonymous with the Teamsters—carried on by Hoffa’s son, James P. Hoffa, who has served as the union’s general president since 1998.
That’s about to change as the Hoffa dynasty comes to an end. Beginning Tuesday, the Teamsters will embark on a three-day convention to begin selecting the younger Hoffa’s successor—and ...