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Re: Labour Racketeering
[Re: short841]
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04/19/12 05:56 PM
04/19/12 05:56 PM
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you all been helpful pals! much appreciate it. does the mob usually do the sweetheart deals? because it'll make sense for the mob to do that way because if contractors prefer to go the mob it would create more chances for the mob amd contractor to make more money on a new project? Well, from what I can tell, sweetheart deals are the most common form of labor racketeering the mob uses nowadays. A sweetheart deal was among the charges in the Genovese indictment yesterday. Non-union workers were used at the Paramount Hotel project in Manhattan, thereby avoiding payments to the pension and benefit funds of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Union Local 7. Not to mention avoiding the higher union wages. It's really a more "sophisticated" form of racketeering, as opposed to just outright extortion. Because both the mobbed up union officials and the contractor are in on it together. It's a win-win situation for all involved. Of course, the rank-and-file union guys get screwed over. Raab wrote a good article relating this back in 1999. You can read it at the link below. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/08/nyregi...=all&src=pm
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Re: Labour Racketeering
[Re: short841]
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04/20/12 01:31 AM
04/20/12 01:31 AM
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im getting it. but going to get it for my holiday in portugal in august. does it talk about all the schemes alot and give examples etc? 3 things interesting there. One is that the mob decided to switch to the sweetheart deals. Two that they preferred going into the ten million instead of fifty mill projects. And three that bambino joined with nj family like sopranos!
Last edited by short841; 04/20/12 01:57 AM.
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