Just a hint of their power in the unions today is contained below.
This is just from a minutes of investigating. This is just the tip of the iceberg 

Union Officials Influenced and Controlled by the Mob in the Teamsters Currently
1.James Glimco-Local 777 IBT President and Trustee of Joint Council 25 of the IBT
Son of Former Outfit Capo Joey Glimco.
2.John Coli- President of Joint Council 25 IBT and Secratary Treasure of Local 727 and  Member of Teamster National Executive Board and Vice President of Central Region IBT. Son of former Chicago LCN Soldier James Coli.
3. Dominick Romanazzi-President IBT Local 330. Confirmed Chicago LCN Associate by The FBI and the Chicago Crime Comission.
4.James M Hogan- President Local 714 IBT. Confirmed associate of the Chicago LCN by the FBI an the Chicago Crime Commission. Uncle of Mob associates James Hogan Jr and Brother of James Hogan Sr.


Thats 4 different current Teamster union presidents. The President and Trustee  of Joint Council 25 which oversees the pension fund of 28 combined Teamster locals and which represent more than 115,000 workers. Last but not least the Vice President of the Central Region of The United States for The Teamsters and a member of The National Executive Board.

The investigation in 2004 and also 2009 both times were stopped by and shut down by James P Hoffa, the son of one of the most Notoriously currupt mobbed up union leaders in history. They probably told Hoffa remember your father

First, was a new thread on this really necessary?

Second, James Hogan retired as president not long before Local 714 was put under trusteeship back in 2008.

Third, while Hoffa Jr. can shut down internal investigations, he couldn't do the same with the FBI and Justice Department. So why has there been so little in the way of mob-related labor racketeering indictments in recent years?

Truly, louie, your posts are based more on speculation more than anything else.

Current President of the Chicago Laborers District Council
Joseph Cocanato
Background
Confirmed by FBI Chicago LCN associate.
States in the 1997 laborers hearing that he "did not beleive there was a mob in Chicago"
Admitted friend of Bruno , Frank an Leo Caruso
Close to Joseph Lombardo Jr and Sr
In 1991 became secretary treasurer of local 25
In 1994 became president of Local 25 of the laborer
Current President of Local 25


Finally
National President of The Production Workers Union
Joseph Senese
Background- Son of Dominick Senese,Confirmed member of the Chicago LCN
Close friend of the Foscos who are mobbed up
Sued and indicted in the early 1990s for steerings contracts to mobbed up companies

Again not the local president, the national president.

[quote=IvyLeague]First, was a new thread on this really necessary?

Second, James Hogan retired as president not long before Local 714 was put under trusteeship back in 2008.

Third, while Hoffa Jr. can shut down internal investigations, he couldn't do the same with the FBI and Justice Department. So why has there been so little in the way of mob-related labor racketeering indictments in recent years?

Truly, louie, your posts are based more on speculation more than anything else. [/quote


Ivy Hoffa can shut down an internal investigation but that's not why people come under investigation. Calls put in to the irb that are investigated he can't shut down and a majority of inquiry's come into the irb.

I get that but, my question is, if there were anything substantial in these investigations, why isn't the FBI and Department of Labor would be all over it. Organized crime influence in the labor unions has always been one of their biggest priorities.

http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/Spring_Teamster_2013.pdf

Go to page 26 a few cases

And if you take a look at the last page it states 90 calls to the irb that's in a 3 month period and I'm sure it takes a while to do the investagations. So a it's over 300 calls a year and that's just the teamsters.

I'll go with what the FBI says.

you'd think there would be more post in this thread

seeing how a lot of posters love to talk about how weakened the outfit has gotten

seems like they still have some clout

Again, the devil is in the details. The question is whether this is clout or residual clout. If you look at the case at the link below, you see a similar civil case brought by a waterfront company against mobbed up ILA guys earlier this year. The difference is, we've seen tons of union busts in New York in recent years, especially involving the Genovese family. Why nothing similar in Chicago if the union clout and labor racketeering is still pervasive there?

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/terminal_operator_sues_longsho.html

Good post Louie...incredible that any of the Hogans are allowed in IBT, let alone leadership positions.

Dominic Romanazzi and his brother Frank are hooked up with the Grand Avenue Crew and are actually cousins of former Melrose Park Deputy Police Chief James Caputo, who went down with Vito Scavo in 2010. They are also cousins with Anthony Pellicano I believe.

this thread is about Chicago......not new york

if Chicago still has the teamsters then they still have significant clout

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

I brought up the case in New York to show that these internal civil cases louie brought up are not altogether uncommon or unique to Chicago.

And it all depends on what you mean by Chicago still "having the Teamsters."

@ivyleague


this thread ain't got shit to do with new York or civil cases brought up in NYC

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-05-25/news/0105250221_1_ken-paff-teamsters-dane-passo

Looks like Longtime Chicago LCn associate, William hogan was jc 25 president from the 80s until early 2000s, when he was replaced by the son of Chicago LCN soldier James coli , John coli

Local 714 is the teamster union at Maccormik place
Which in recent times to the present have givin jobs to convicted felons and outfit members Nick Ferriola,Michael Sarno and Rudy Fratto

Solly D controls the Philippino whore trade. Believe it.

Semi-related...lets not forget this. These guys do all the cleaning at O'Hare.


http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/12/05/e...ction-mob-ties/

And how would he do that.

His magic stick obviously.

I thought Filipinos might have an innate fear of helmet hair or something.

they probably got those jobs because they're black

Solly D is the primary liasion between the white house & Chicagoland organized crime. Fact.

Do you and cookcounty smoke crack together?

[quote=HuronSocialAthletic]Solly D is the primary liasion between the white house & Chicagoland organized crime. Fact.

Who do they have in the white house?

Quoted for racism.

quoted for being a dumbass

Basically the Old Neighborhood Italian American Club IS the White House.

Pudgy is sitting there right now eating a beef and deciding whether we go into Syria or not.

Leo Caruso is Obama's driver.

Basically.

Quoted for being a gullible, naive, borderline illiterate child.