Teamsters Hired, Then Fired, Face Of Far-Right Rally In Charlottesville

Source: Huff Post

Jul 17, 2025, 02:43 PM EDT | Updated an hour ago


Earlier this year, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters briefly employed a man whose image was synonymous with the infamous “Unite the Right” rally that brought white supremacists to Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.

The Teamsters hired Peter Cytanovic for an administrative job at the union’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., before firing him during his probationary period, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The union was unaware of Cytanovic’s past when he came onboard, the source said.

More than seven years earlier, Cytanovic, then a college student, traveled from Reno, Nevada, and marched among neo-Nazis in the “alternative right” demonstration on the University of Virginia grounds. The dramatic Getty photo of a screaming, white-polo-clad Cytanovic — then 20 years old, his face lit by tiki torches — became perhaps the most iconic image from the rally. He has since said he is not a white nationalist.

Cytanovic declined to discuss his stint with the Teamsters during a brief exchange outside his home on Wednesday. “They can suck dick,” he said of the union, “and you can get the fuck out of here.” The Teamsters declined to comment on the matter.

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