You are taking it too literally, I was referring of course to his influence on making the teamsters one of the strongest unions in American history, not wishing for a carbon copy of Jimmy Hoffa.

Second, not to slide off topic, but it's hard to know how much of that was fact and how much of it was because of the many political enemies he made during his ascent.

How about using César Chávez as your example, then?

Noted, and updated the article :)

Not a big history buff myself, always interesting to learn new things

Cesar Chavez was more Ballmer than Ghandi.

Besides, the other lesson of the UFW is that your labor can be replaced by a machine.