Roy L. Williams
Teamsters international vice-president in 1979 and, according to the President's Commission, IBT president from 1981 to 1983. The Seventh Circuit affirmed his convictions for conspiring to bribe United States Senator Howard Cannon.
- Aliases
- Roy Williams
- Role
- International vice-president of the Teamsters Union in January 1979 (court record: Seventh Circuit, 1984); IBT president from 1981 until 1983 (President's Commission statement, 1986)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state. Each event names its record and the kind of statement it is.
On the record
- 10 January 1979 — Court record. The Seventh Circuit's statement of the facts: Senator Cannon met in his Las Vegas office with Allen Dorfman and "Roy Williams, then an international vice-president of the Teamsters Union"; "Williams and Dorfman, seeking to influence Senator Cannon's actions and decisions on the deregulation legislation, offered the Senator and his group the exclusive right to purchase the Wonderworld property at a price of $1,400,000."
- 8 June 1984 — Court record. The Seventh Circuit affirmed his convictions on all eleven counts of an indictment charging conspiracy to bribe a United States Senator (United States v. Williams, 737 F.2d 594).
- March 1986 — Commission statement. The Edge states that he "served as president from 1981 until 1983, when he was convicted of conspiracy to attempt to bribe a United States Senator," and quotes him: "Every big [Teamster] local union ... had some connection with organized crime."
- March 1986 — Commission characterization. The Edge says "Hoffa and Williams were indisputably direct instruments of organized crime." This is the Commission's statement, not a court's.
His union offices are given as the court and the Commission state them. No record filed here gives his birth or death or places him in a crime family.
Records
itemUnited States v. Williams, 737 F.2d 594 (7th Cir. 1984)Seventh Circuit opinion of June 8, 1984 affirming the convictions of Teamsters president Roy Williams, Joseph Lombardo, and others for conspiring to bribe a United States Senator.
itemPresident's Commission on Organized Crime, The Edge (1986): the Teamsters and longshoremen sectionsThe Commission's 1986 report on organized crime, business and labor unions. Its Teamsters section, "The Most Controlled Union," reviews five IBT presidents from 1952 to 1985 and quotes Roy L. Williams: "Every big [Teamster] local union ... had some connection with organized crime."
itemPresident's Commission on Organized Crime, The Edge (1986): the Teamsters and longshoremen sectionsThe Commission's 1986 report on organized crime, business and labor unions. Its Teamsters section, "The Most Controlled Union," reviews five IBT presidents from 1952 to 1985 and quotes Roy L. Williams: "Every big [Teamster] local union ... had some connection with organized crime."