Little progress in lawsuit targeting dockworkers union

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

By LARRY McSHANE
Associated Press Writer

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July 8, 2007, 12:40 PM EDT

NEW YORK -- It was a bold pronouncement, made with much fanfare: The federal government was targeting the mighty International Longshoremen's Union, determined to shatter what it called a decades-old mob monopoly on the nation's docks.

U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf, intent on rewriting the script for this true-life version of "On The Waterfront," said the wide-ranging civil lawsuit would "once and for all ... end mob domination" of the 45,000-member union.

Two years later, the start of the trial _ much less the end of any ostensible corruption _ remains nowhere in sight.

Lead defendant John Bowers continues as ILA president, collecting a salary of $587,078 last year. Legal paperwork abounds, but no trial date is expected until next year, scores of depositions remain untaken, and the defense still hopes to convince a federal judge to dimiss the whole thing.





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[burrowowl]

1. Hmmm! Why?

[Solo_in_MD]

2. 600K plus perks for the head of the Longshoreman Union???

[mainegreen]

3. Last I heard the Longshoremen's Union provided security and good benefits to it's members.

And actually had the muscle to provide a valid counterweight to corporate (dis)interest.
I'm sure the feds are interpreting mob as 'a group of people working together'.

Dear federal government, why not root out the crooks in business who do not provide good salaries to US workers as opposed to crooks who do?

Oh that's right, your a bunch of evil fuckwits with your priorities dick-tated to you by your fat cat overlords.