The Year One of Hoffa Junior
Against The Current vol. 86
Phillips, Henry
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/944
Date Written: 2000-05-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2000
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX12928
One of James Hoffa's first initiatives after assuming the office of Teamsters General President was-no giggling please-to announce that he was launching a "self-policing" anti-corruption effort called Project RISE (Respect, Integrity, Strength, Ethics). A few months later, to lend his effort sorely needed anti-corruption credentials, Junior Hoffa hired former U.S. prosecutor Ed Steir and ex-FBI official James Kossler to front for Project RISE as "advisors."
