Mobsters, unions, and feds : the Mafia and the American labor movement / James B. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, James B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--United States--History.

Labor unions.

Racketeering--United States--History.

Racketeering.

Mafia--United States--History.

Mafia.

Organized crime--United States--History.

Organized crime.

Organized crime investigation--United States--History.

Organized crime investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nowhere in the world has organized crime infiltrated the labor movement as effectively as in the United States. Yet the government, the AFL-CIO, and the civil liberties community all but ignored the situation for most of the twentieth century. Since 1975, however, the FBI, Department of Justice, and the federal judiciary have relentlessly battled against labor racketeering, even in some of the nation's most powerful unions. Mobsters, Unions, and Feds is the first book to document organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal cleanup effort. A renowned criminologist

Contents:

Introduction

Organized crime and organized labor

President's Commission on Organized Crime

Labor racketeering in New York City

Organized labor's response to organized crime

Labor racketeering and the rank and file

Attacking labor racketeering prior to Civil RICO (1982)

Civil RICO suits and trusteeships

The liberation of IBT Local 560

The New York City District Council of Carpenters

The four international unions

Evaluating Civil RICO

Concluding reflections.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-304) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780814743157

0814743153

9780814743737

0814743730

9781429490207

1429490209

OCLC:

779828130