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Corruption

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  • NYC Carpenters rat ruling regime
    The giant, snarling, inflatable rat has been widely employed by unions in labor disputes with employers and non-union contractors in recent years, but on the lower west side of Manhattan this past August, the iconic species of rodent bared its teeth at an unusual target: The headquarters of the New York City District Council of Carpenters (NYCDC). 
     
  • Legal Decisions: ALPA v. TSA
    Section 503(a) of the LMRDA prohibits unions  covered by its provisions from making loans to union officers in excess of $2,000. In Airline Pilots Association, International (ALPA) v. Trans States Airlines (TSA), a case decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in May of this year, the court ruled that the union's advance of lost pay to a pilot and union officer, fired by TSA for union activity, did not violate the LMRDA prohibition on loans to officers. 
     
  • On the Mob-controlled waterfront: at the Waterfront Commission's public hearings
     
  • New Independent Investigator Appointed as Former Leader Convicted in The New York Carpenters District Council

    Ace reporter Tom Robbins' Village Voice article (see next page) deftly sums up the sordid history of Michael Forde's corrupt career. While under the influence of cocaine, drugs, and booze, he brazenly avoided ouster as the top officer of the huge Carpenters union until he pled guilty in July 2010. Back in 1998 and again in 2002, Forde was fined for violating the union's job referral rules. Designed to give first priority to out of work members, Federal Judge Charles S. Haight wrote that Forde's conduct "was dishonorable and revealed his personal contempt" for the job referral system.

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  • It’s happening in the Teamsters Union



    At the IRB

    Local 82, Boston

  • Grassroots discussion site for NYC Carpenters
    To give carpenters a place to discuss, debate and even just vent about what'’s going on in their union, John Musumeci, former treasurer of Local 157, has transformed his own internet site into an online discussion forum for the whole council. 
     
  • Resisting attack from the right; fighting the mob
    Facing the most outright attack since President Reagan broke the air traffic controllers association, unions are responding with an unusual display of labor power. Reagan destroyed the union, but he stopped short of challenging the fundamental right of unions to represent workers. The new assault goes further as the anti-union right seeks to end or drastically curb the very principle of collective bargaining itself.
     
  • Court officer's plan to clean up NYC Carpenters
    In December, in his report to the judge on the first six months of his court-appointed stewardship--70 pages loaded with a mountain of explanatory attachments--Review Officer Dennis Walsh makes a convincing case that he will really try to clean up the corruption-ravaged New York City Carpenters District Council. The effort has been a long time in coming. 
     
  • Sandy Pope, insurgent candidate for Teamster president

    By filing nominating petitions signed by over 50,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Sandy Pope won recognition as an accredited candidate for general president in opposition to incumbent James Hoffa. In November, her candidacy was endorsed by cheering delegates at the convention of the Teamsters for a Democratic Union (www.tdu.org). Teamsters elect international officers by direct membership vote.

  • After 20 years, federal prosecutors convince the judge -- Drastic new move vs. NYC Carpenters corruption

    In June, upon application of Federal prosecutors, Judge Charles Haight appointed a new Review Officer to monitor the New York City Carpenters District Council and invested him with sweeping powers in the hope of ridding the union of corruption and restoring democracy.

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