Teamsters and DOJ move to end federal oversight of the union after 37 years
The fallout from the Teamsters ' affiliation with organized crime in the 20th Century is poised to end after President Trump's prosecutors agreed to cease federal monitorship of the union. Why it matters: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has been subject to oversight since 1989, when it signed a consent decree aimed at eliminating the mob's influence in the union. "Being the general president of the Teamsters, if I even think it, they want to indict me over it," Teamsters president Se…




