Pete Camarata

Pete Camarata
Pete Camarata, who took a beating for his defiance, is pictured in 1978 under a portrait of the Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa.
Born	(1946-09-07)September 7, 1946 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	February 9, 2014(2014-02-09) (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Labor movement activist/leader

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Pete Camarata (born September 7, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan died February 9 2014.) was a Teamster labor activist and one of the founders of Teamsters for a Democratic Union a rank-and-file union democracy movement organizing to reform the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), or Teamsters.