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| | | resting_place=Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge | | | resting_place=Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge |
| | |occupation=[[Teamsters]] business agent | | |occupation=[[Teamsters]] business agent |
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| | (2) Frances Kay Anselmo Partin (married 1968, divorced)<br> | | (2) Frances Kay Anselmo Partin (married 1968, divorced)<br> |
| | '''Children from first marriage''':<br> | | '''Children from first marriage''':<br> |
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| | U.S. District Judge John Parker subsequently reduced Partin's sentence, and he was released to a halfway house in 1986.<ref name=partin/><ref name=egp/> | | U.S. District Judge John Parker subsequently reduced Partin's sentence, and he was released to a halfway house in 1986.<ref name=partin/><ref name=egp/> |
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| + | Known for his tough negotiation style with business and government, Partin was involved in many labor disputes. He commonly packed courtrooms with Teamsters to demonstrate union solidarity. He was accused, along with Ted Dunham, Jr., of having attempted to monopolize the Baton Rouge concrete industry during a strike against Bulk Transport.<ref name=egp>"Curt Eysink, "Ex-Teamsters chief Partin dies," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' March 12, 1990, pp. 1, 5A.</ref> |
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| − | Known for his tough negotiation style with business and government, Partin was involved in many labor disputes. He commonly packed courtrooms with Teamsters to demonstrate union solidarity. He was accused, along with Ted Dunham, Jr., of having attempted to monopolize the Baton Rouge concrete industry during a strike against Bulk Transport.<ref name=egp>"Curt Eysink, "Ex-Teamsters chief Partin dies", ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' March 12, 1990, pp. 1, 5A.</ref> | |
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| | In 1978, Partin organized workers of the Department of Public Works of the Baton Rouge City-Parish government. In 1979, during a teachers' strike in Baton Rouge, he placed non-teaching personnel on picket lines in support of the strike. The teachers, however, asked Partin to remove the pickets, and the strike was soon resolved.<ref name=egp/> | | In 1978, Partin organized workers of the Department of Public Works of the Baton Rouge City-Parish government. In 1979, during a teachers' strike in Baton Rouge, he placed non-teaching personnel on picket lines in support of the strike. The teachers, however, asked Partin to remove the pickets, and the strike was soon resolved.<ref name=egp/> |
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| | Douglas Partin had succeeded his brother as business agent for Teamsters Local 5 in Baton Rouge, a post that Ed Partin had occupied for three decades.<ref name=egp/> Doug Partin said of his brother: "We all know that he made mistakes. We all do. So many people either hated him or loved him. There was no in-between. . . . "<ref name=egp/> | | Douglas Partin had succeeded his brother as business agent for Teamsters Local 5 in Baton Rouge, a post that Ed Partin had occupied for three decades.<ref name=egp/> Doug Partin said of his brother: "We all know that he made mistakes. We all do. So many people either hated him or loved him. There was no in-between. . . . "<ref name=egp/> |
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