Labor Day Special: The Most Bizarre Facts About Union History

4. Union Leader Jimmy Hoffa Disappears

Beyond being an iconic union leader and criminal, Hoffa made his fair share of enemies. Enemies believed to have been involved in his disappearance in 1975. To this day, however, it is not known what actually happened to him. In what became one of the most well-known mysteries in the history of unions and organized crime, Hoffa just simply vanished.

As detailed by Biography online, Hoffa was to meet with a rival mob-connected union leader at a restaurant near his home in Detroit. Hoffa was the only one to show up. The events to follow remain a mystery but many theories have tried to explain what happened. Hoffa was declared legally dead in 1982.The FBI has tried on numerous occasions to find his body but has not been successful.