caption death_date death_place children birth_place image_size parents birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
jackie presser 09 july 1988 cleveland , ohio , u.s. bari presser and gary presser -lrb- first marriage -rrb- cleveland , ohio , u.s. 175px william -lrb- bill -rrb- presser 06 august 1926 pat , 1983 -rrb- presser -lrb- died -rrb- carmen presser -lrb- divorced jackiepresser.jpg jackie presser
 jackie presser union leader
jackie presser

jackie presser -lrb- august 6 , 1926 -- july 9 , 1988 -rrb- was an american labor leader and president of the international brotherhood of teamsters from 1983 until his death in 1988 .
he was closely connected to organized crime , and allegedly became president of the teamsters based on the approval and support of the cleveland mafia .
from 1972 until his death , he was also an informant for the federal bureau of investigation concerning mafia influence in the teamsters union .
