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Union corruption and the ports
2006-03-12
NEW YORK - Justice Department lawyers warned eight months ago that a nefarious element had infiltrated important East Coast ports, but they weren't talking about terrorists or Arab shipping companies.
Yeah, um, who are they talking about?
They were talking about the mafia.
Absolute shock!!
In a civil suit filed in July, prosecutors accused the International Longshoremen's Association, the 65,000-member union that supplies labor to ports from Florida to Maine, of being a "vehicle for organized crime" on the waterfront. Packed with tales of corruption, embezzling and extortion, the complaint accused union executives of being associates of the Genovese and Gambino crime families.
So, are we going to pass legislation that prevents the unions from working the docks?
Posted by:Clolush Glirt7201

#4  So when the west coast unions conspired with the Dems to block port traffic as economic warfare against the Bush Administration around election time, that's not RICO?
Posted by: Glising Chaviling8280   2006-03-12 08:12  

#3  It's a good thing we didn't let the A-rabs take over organized crime.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-03-12 07:59  

#2  So this is news? This has been SOP for many decades. Jeeze Louise!
Posted by: Alaska Paul in Hooper Bay, AK   2006-03-12 04:11  

#1  So, are we going to pass legislation that prevents the unions from working the docks?

And risk Hillary's image before elections? I think not!
Posted by: Charles   2006-03-12 02:50  

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