NEWS LIUNA will not provide its members in its continuing conspiracy to deprive them of information essential to their right of self governance. Support Laborers for JUSTICE and get the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the "Truth".

Search this site  Fax documents you want web published to 773-409-1503 (Efax free number ) (LM2s, 990s, Collective Bargaining agreements)  Letter to print out and distribute to work sites, union meetings
 

Got depressed when my pension was denied as political payback for web publishing information about corrupt officials of Laborers Union and didn't feel like web publishing for a couple of months . Feel differently and well today.

Friend of organized crime, James Capasso, gets $120,000 job
From doing time to punching city time clocks (Chicago clout)

Running a union, ruling the alley (The Carusos and Rotis) Sun-Times article on Laborers Union and organized crime

Published LIUNA 2006 Local Union Election Guide

500,000 Laborers Leave AFL-CIO effective June 1

Organized crime and the Laborers Union in Chicago (Carusos and Rotis)

Published chapter on the Foscos (Angelo and Peter) from  The Mob's Guys

The Rotis: A force behind 'Hired Truck,' much more (Sun-Times)

One family's rise, a century of power

CrimeDawg comments on possible Hoffa burial site to Chicago CBS News. Play Search for Hoffa  video

BNA: Labor Department Sues Carpenters Union,Charging Faulty Election of Chicago Regional Officers  See Chicago Carpenter files and obtain complaint

Local 394 trusteeship hearing before Vaira scheduled for June 15.More later.

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Published with the author's permission for exclusive web
publication on the Laborers Network www.thelaborers.net
chapter seven of Robert Fitch's excellent book
SOLIDARITY FOR SALE Buy this book

CHAPTER SEVEN-TOTALLY MOBBED UP

DAILY LIFE IN THE LABORERS UNION

LIUNA files corruption charges against NJ local 394 See Mother Jones 1980 article SIX WAYS TO TAKE OVER A UNION

Protest to McCarron re Chicago Regional Council Officer Election

 Jeff Fearon Protest Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters/ 2005 Regional Delegate Election/Regional Council Executive Board Elections
 

See Carpenter files
 

Labor War in Chelsea by Tom Robbins (Carpenters 608)

LIUNA Election Decision for local 210 (See 210 files)

 Employee Policy Manual for local 210 model for other locals to adopt at nomination meeting

LIUNA Election officer decisions on www.LIUNA-eo.org

Published Chapter 7 of Bob Fitch's book, Solidarity for Sale The Laborers Union: Totally Mobbed Up

U.S. details city cover-up in hiring scandal that affected laborers, teamsters, carpenters

Published Labor Notes Flyer and information on Union Solidarity Conference in Detroit May 5-7

Published Statement of Beliefs of local 734 members and information on pension

Published 2005 LM2s for local 79 and local 57

Terror rains down on Boylston: Construction platform collapses, killing three

Updated information on LIUNA 2006 election. Published info helpful to potential candidates

Published NYC DC Memorandum of Law in opposition to DOJ motion to reconsider decision not to Council in contempt and DOJ memorandum in reply

CTW Coalition Announces Organizing Drive To Begin on April 24-28 in 35 Major Cities

Revised 23rd Qualm (New prayer for Laborers for JUSTICE)

Request for fairness to LIUNA EO and DOJ

RE: 2006 Delegate Election Planning, Election Notices, and Worksite Lists  (HTML version)

PDF File on Mailing Deadline Rule revision HTML Version

Apathy: The 'enemy' that threatens us all

Garbage Fight: Union says waste kings trash a health plan for workers

Laborers local 108 and Teamsters 813 face off against Waste Management

Published Toledo Blade article on local 500 Copeland as promised

Fino mentioned: Mafia hits and mob jokes made Dulski building unique

Loyalists of Copeland remember his helping hand

Local 169 may strike

Daily paper trying to steer election, Copeland contends

Unions and Open Shop, Each In Vegas, Plan Market Pushes

Published Generic Ethical Practices Code for union members to introduce via motions at their local union meetings for adoption by their local union.

Feds' safety concerns at U.S. ports include mob along with terrorists

Labor Notes article on Teamster challenger Tom Leedham

UnionFacts information on Laborers Union
 

See Local 500 Toledo for LM2s and stories

Published for UBC brother UBC Bulletin on increase in per capita tax per amendment  See PDF File

Published Keitth Loscalzo settlement agreement wherein he is only barred for one year from employment with any LIUNA entity starting as of December 2004, not even a slap on the wrist. CrimeDawg understands that Loscalzo has now been appointed an international representative and an employee of LECET by Armand Sabitoni. .LIUNA general Secretary treasurer. Where does Loscalzo get his clout? Is he related to Tampa crime boss Loscalzo? See Local 79  and Mason Tenders supervision exhibits for settlement agreements Noviello, Silveri

Security study of U.S. ports raises alarm

City at first rejected 2 for inspector jobs ( Chicago Carpenters Corruption)

Stefanski: Top Transportation official ousted after drunken driving arrest

Added links to books about la Cosa Nostra and Labor Unions

Published AUD's 2005 annual report in PDF and html

Published DOJ press release on sentencing of Markle, former union steward for laborers local 91

Published complaint  and DOJ Press release on arrest of Angelo Prisco , Visconti and Cappelli and for extorting electrical contractor. See Docket

Disseminated   Email to members of Laborers Union and to members of less democratic labor unions

Published links to AUD aricles on the Carpemters , on NLPC Published links to AUD articles on the Laborers , on NLPC
Published links to AUD Articles on Operating Engineers, on NLPC
Published links to AUD Articles on Electrical Workers IBEW, on NLPC

Ports Deal Faces Wide Opposition

Life as it actually is in a Laborers local
 

Tired of reading? Listen to computer generated audio file of Table of Contents.

Buy Professor James Jacobs Books on Mobsters, Unions and The Feds

Donate money to cover video/audio of Labor Racketeering Court cases, Upcoming Family Secrets Mob Trial in Chicago and internet  access to daily court transcripts and exhibits of trial.

 http://www.thelaborers.net/search.htm

Harrington vs Chao, U.S. Crt of Appeals 1st Circuit 04-1144 on LMRDA

Harrington vs Herman (Docket)1:00-cv-11028-RGS

Solidarity for Sale by Robert Fitch Read review and buy the book

Split of Laborers & Operating Engineers nor felt locally

Published in html the 2004 DOJ press release on the  plea agreement of Moscatiello wherein he plead guilty to controlling 3 Labor unions on behalf of organized crime  with the suggestion that LIUNA Inspector Douglas Gow and LIUNA GEB Attorney Robert Luskin ask Moscatiello if he controlled Keith Loscalzo., Frank Noviello , Anthony Silveri , or Andrew Cefalo . See Local 79 and Mason Tenders exhibits web published as a free service to the GEB Attorney

See Rules for 2006 LIUNA International Election in English, Spanish  (PDF)and French. (PDF)

See LIUNA Constitutions (English) International, District Council, Local Union (PDF)
See LABORERS Constitutions in Spanish  (PDF )
See Ethics Code  (English and French  ) and Ethics and Disciplinary Procedure which is an amendment to the International constitution and should be included in the booklet distributed that purports to contain  a complete , accurate, up-to-date version of LIUNA's Constitutions.

See LIUNA 2006 Election Office Website

Letters to Laborers & Teamsters and to LIUNA Local 1001 deputy Trustee Hank Baran, relative of LIUNA Vice President Terrance Healy and father and law to Peter Fosco, Jr serve as mail fraud counts in superseding indictment in Hired Truck Scandal (PDF version)

4 city aides face new job charges  (Carpenters & Laborers)

Faster Jawin replacement site available

Published PDF image file of John Greaney Interview (10 megabytes) while it is being scanned and converted to smaller html file Same with Peter O'Keefe and Willoughby  (Both large PDF Image files)

Published Eugene CLARKE PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT IF MOTION TO ENFORCE CONSENT DECREE

Table of Contents to Clarke Memorandum wth hyperlinks
 

Feb 22, 2006

Published AFL-CIO press release on Laborers & Operating Engineers leaving Building Trades, letter to councils and Engineering News record article on Split

Updated Carpenters NYC Consent Docket and will report later on good news resulting from  personal meeting with LIUNA Election Officer and LIUNA's rules for free, fair, honest, democratic  and informed elections, (A model for all Unions to emulate)

Evidence of corruption being supplied to DOJ and DOL to justify a RICO suit against International Union of Operating engineers (IUOE) and locals 14 & 15 NYC, local 18, (Cleveland), Local 37 (Baltimore) and Chicago 150

Published for NYC Carpenters     GOVERNMENT'S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION  (PDF FILE)

BNA:Laborers, Operating Engineers Leave BCTD To Establish National Construction Alliance

Carpenter Salaries From Union Facts

 See LIUNA  and Operating Engineer's Press release. Comments are welcome

LIUNA and Operating Engineers presidents to announce major shift in construction industry affecting Laborers, Operators, etc

Published Vincent Cafaro's 1990 declaration as background to NY Carpenters District Council's control by organized crime . This Declaration summarizes certain aspects of the Genovese Family's influence over the District Council and its officers. This Declaration does not reflect all of his  knowledge or experience with organized crime and the District Council. PDF version

Conducted TV interview on arrest of "Outfit" Boss Joseph Lombardo who was indicted in Family Secrets Investigation for 18 unsolved mob murders and labor racketeering

Laborers for JUSTICE is making available an electronic editable copy of the constitution of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) to DOJ, DOL and IUOE reformers. Request a Microsoft Word version

LIUNA ELECTION Website for 2006 convention delegates

Updated docket for Guglielmetti and waiting for indictments based on FBI 3 year undercover investigation of New England Laborers

Updated cases involving organized crime and labor unions

Outline of 29 U.S.C. 186 (Taft-Hartley Act Sec. 302)  Bribes to union officials

Added info on Riggers Union in Chicago
Added NLRB decision that demonstrates IUOE (Operating Engineers) undemocratic procedures & policies

Laborers for JUSTICE believes Judge Haight's NY UBC court order includes making public exhibits to Shop Steward Report

Published  PACER Docket of Teamster Richard Berg's DOL suit against IBT and local 743 Send copies of court documents you want web published to Laborers for JUSTICE

Disseminated information on ERISA fiduciary duties and Free ERISA
 

Updated docket for NY Carpenters District Council Consent decree in preparation for 3p.m. hearing today wherein additional important documents will be released to members and public. See Carpenter files
http://www.thelaborers.net/carpenters/default.htm Fax documents you want web published to 773-409-1503 (i.e. Exhibits, depositions, etc)

An Insider Look at The Connecticut Mob
 

DOJ reply Brief to Council's Reply via Wordperfect to HTML with footnotes
THE GOVERNMENT’S REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION CONCERNING THE REQUEST SYSTEM

Updated Election protest in Operating Engineers local 18

Updated documents on civil RICO case USA vs Longshoremen  by adding exhibits and consent decree against Cernadas Docket
 

N.J. case adds to Bernie Kerik's problems (DiTommaso & Interstate Industrial)

Published Judge Mikva's recommendation on Emerald Casino

Putnam official calls for probe of courthouse contractor -Worth

Laborers for JUSTICE began publishing enhanced LM2s with bookmarks to schedules for union members requesting Web site for IUOE local 18 and other IUOE locals See Offer to create web sites for union reformers

LM-2 NY Carpenters District Council -7/1/2004-6/30/2005

Sent out message to union members offering to scan and web publish documents they would like others to see. Requested Greg Butler (The Infamous Vinnie GangBox) not to remove copyrights and not to mutilate and distort html documents that are formatted to closely resemble original documents.

Go to www.google.com and type in "failure" and select the "I feel lucky"  and discover the most prominent example of failure.

DOJ Press Release and AGREEMENT BETWEEN LOCAL 1 OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS AND THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (See Local 1 files)

Carpenters: Recommendation for Criminal Referral – Issues Relating to the District Council of New York City and Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Silo Construction Corporation Exhibits to follow  PDF Version

Food for thought: Where will the labor defections take us?

On the Importance of Unions

Labor Department Releases Advance Form 5500 Annual Report And Filing Requirements

AFL-CIO developments

More later from Chicago

Trades, city OK tentative contract  and Sun-Times City, union agree after 28 months of talks

RICO Complaint as PDF File

July 04, 2005

This report explains how organized crime harms union members and is must reading by union members, those charged with investigating and prosecuting corruption in labor unions and by Chicago's "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" Mayor Richard M. Daley

Told ignorant webmaster of laborers.org he had no authority to remove name of John Crededio from Chicago Crime Commission Chart of "outfit members/associates. See Crededio email

Tribune article on false reformer Hoffa and breakup of AFL-CIO

Teamsters Barred by IRB and IBT Investigation Officer through 5/2005  See Teamster Files

 Neither the Laborers UNION nor  the LIUNA GEB ATTORNEY, Robert Luskin ,  provides to members an alphabetical listing of members barred from the union or from office. The Department of Labor does not provide the names of individuals it claims its efforts  produced permanent   injunctions barring 31 individuals from future dealing with employee   benefit plans and the retirement or resignation of 51 plan   trustees. How are members to police their unions when those in charge do not provide the tools. Is the failure an accident or is it deliberate?

Buy The Mob's Guys and learn about the Chicago "Outfit's control of the Laborers, Teamsters and other unions. LIUNA will not teach you about this subject so Laborers for JUSTICE  will.
 NEW York Times reports about LIUNA's problems removing Fund Trustees

Five Top Unions Join Forces, Raising Threat of Labor Rift
 

Crack reporters at Sun-Times follow leads on City of Chicago Laborers picking up garbage at non city of Chicago lots and containers, something I personally told the City of Chicago Inspector general about in July 2003. See letter to "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" Vroustouris

Chicago Laborers get $1.15 on the check in June, the rest to pension and welfare. More later. PDF image of letter to signatory contractors on increase in hourly wage and fringe benefits effective June 1, 2005

The Changing Face of Labor
 

Published summary and  memorandum and order terminating Walter Mack as Investigator for NY Carpenters District Council under consent decree., Docket for NY Carpenters District Council and the REVISEDINDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR’S REPORT ON UNREPORTED CASH PAYMENTS TO CARPENTERS BY BOOM CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES, INC

City, union close to deal on work rules Chicago is close to collective bargaining agreement with unions that members will not be able to ratify.

Published PDF version of LIUNA fax to local 575  demanding return of records for merged local as LIUNA continues to eliminate small locals and political enemies.
Laborers for JUSTICE members are requested to report the mergers and dissolutions of locals, especially those where the members have no say on what happens.

Published List of 5500 reports for Laborers Funds as of April 5, 2005 as reported by FreeErisa. http://www.freeerisa.com/Default.asp

Members are requested to join FreeErisa and monitor the funds of LIUNA entities. If you see a fund for your local and were not aware of it, ask your local to see the minutes of the executive board meeting and of the membership meetings whereby this increase in salary compensation was duly authorized. Make sure that the terms and conditions of office at nomination meetings clearly spell out that compensation for officers and employees of your local include at least two pensions and possibly three for officers/employees are authorized while rank-and-file members are lucky if they obtain one pension. If you think that LIUNA officers and employees should not get more than one pension, then stop bending over and complain about it.

SCAFFOLDING COMPANY OWNERS PLEAD GUILTY TO $2.9 MILLION UNDER-THE-TABLE PAYROLL FRAUD to Massachusetts laborers and carpenters . DOJ Press release

Published Chicago Tribune editorial that explains the contract concessions city seeks from labor unions