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Books on: labor racketeering

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The Crisis of American Labor

Book by Sidney Lens; Sagamore Press, 1959

Subjects:

Labor Unions--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...the report read, "they did hold a top level meeting on the labor contract as recently as November 9, 1956" -- just about...most spotless in the nation. There never had been a taint of racketeering in its top echelons, and Cross himself had an admirable...
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Capitalists against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

Book by Peter A. Swenson; Oxford University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Capitalism--Sweden--History--20th Century, Capitalism--United States--History--20th Century, Labor Market--Sweden--History--20th Century, Labor Market--United States--History--20th Century, Labor Policy--Sweden--History--20th Century, Labor Policy--United States--History--20th Century, New Deal, 1933-1939, Public Welfare--Sweden--History--20th Century, Public Welfare--United States--History--20th Century, Sweden--Social Policy, United States--Social Policy, Welfare State

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Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist ...
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Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. Juxtaposing two widely recognized extremes of welfare, the US and Sweden, Swenson shows that employer interests played a role in welfare state development in both countries.
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The Policies and Practices of the American Federation of Labor, 1900-1909 - Vol. 3

Book by Philip S. Foner; International Publishers, 1973

Subjects:

Industrial Relations--United States--History, Labor Movement--United States--History, Labor Unions--United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

Labor at the turn of the Century; Open-shop drive; National Civic Federation; The church and labor; business unionism; Craft vs industrial unions; Women, Black and immigrant workers; AFL political policies; the Socialists; Western Federation of Miners; the American Labor Union, more.
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Labor Markets, Unions, and Government Policies

Book by Everett Johnson Burtt Jr.; St. Martins Press, 1963

Subjects:

Industrial Relations--United States, Labor Economics, Labor Laws And Legislation--United States, Labor Unions--United States, Labor--United States

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Labor Markets, Unions, and Government Policies LABOR MARKETS, UNIONS, AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES Everett Johnson...Craftsmen, Scranton, Pennsylvania To Cynthia PREFACE LABOR economics encompasses a broad range of subjects, from worker...
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Our New National Labor Policy: The Taft-Hartley Act and the Next Steps

Book by Fred A. Hartley Jr.; Funk & Wagnalls, 1948

Subjects:

Labor Laws And Legislation--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...we would take up other labor questions such as racketeering, the exercise of monopoly...approved by the Senate, labor racketeering would have been subjected...conduct their own businesses. Labor racketeering had become the rule rather...

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Journal Articles on: labor racketeering

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The Scandal of George Scalise: A Case Study in the Rise of Labor Racketeering in the 1930s

Journal article by David Witwer; Journal of Social History, Vol. 36, 2003

Subjects:

Building Service Employees International Union--History, Building Service Employees International Union--Social aspects, Labor movement--History, Labor movement--Social aspects, Racketeering--History, Racketeering--Social aspects, Scalise, George--Influence, Scandals--History, Scandals--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...A Case Study in the Rise of Labor Racketeering in the 1930s. by David...popular accounts of the rise of labor racketeering in the 1930s abound, much of...effort to become involved in labor racketeering. "They succeeded," he wrote...
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Labor, Management and the New Waterfront

Journal article by Richard A. Greenwald; Review of Business, Vol. 25, 2004

Subjects:

Labor contracts--Analysis, Labor contracts--Interpretation and construction, Labor disputes--Analysis, Shipping industry--Labor relations

Collections: Entire Library

...4:1. (xii) Sometimes that meant holding their noses and signing deals with corrupt unions. The corruption and labor racketeering on the waterfront is well known. See Fisher, James T.s forthcoming study of the Labor Priests and the New York...
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Labor-Management Bargaining in 1995

Journal article; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 119, 1996

Subjects:

AFL-CIO--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, Collective bargaining--1996, Labor unions--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, United States. National Labor Relations Board--1996

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...American Free Trade Agreement, to persuade Congress to reform labor law or enact a ban against permanent strike replacements...Employees agreement to terms of a consent decree settling civil racketeering charges that gives a court-appointed monitor oversight and...
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David Dubinsky: A Life with Social Significance

Journal article by Gus Tyler; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 117, 1994

Subjects:

Dubinsky, David--Appreciation, Labor leaders--Appreciation, Labor movement--History

Collections: Entire Library

...organizing drives of the mid-1930s. and in uniting the fragmented ranks of labor. He was the first head of an AFL union to demand action against racketeering and he initiated the first intervention in forty years by the AFL against...
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Collective Bargaining, 1991: Recession Colors Talks

Journal article by Michael H. Cimini, Susan L. Behrmann; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 115, 1992

Subjects:

Collective bargaining--1991, Collective labor agreements--1991, Labor relations--Analysis, Recessions--Economic aspects

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...Emergency Board No. 219 on which there was disagreement between labor and management; * Clarify other issues as requested by...losing elections, often after being faced with charges of racketeering or corruption. Two weeks before the expiration of their...

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Magazine Articles on: labor racketeering

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Sounds Nice, but It's Antiunion: The Labor Racketeering Bill

Magazine article by Lance Compa; The Nation, Vol. 238, February 25, 1984

Subjects:

Labor unions, Racketeering

Collections: Entire Library

...Nice, but Its Antiunion: The Labor Racketeering Bill. by Lance Compa The labor racketeering bill now before Congress has...is unblemished. The term "labor racketeering immediately puts unions on...
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Q: Should Illegal Aliens Be Able to Sue U.S. Employers for Labor Racketeering? Yes: Employees Who Have Suffered Discrimination or Exploitation in the Workplace Are Entitled to Sue, Regardless of Their Immigration Status

Magazine article by Sarah Paoletti; Insight on the News, January 5, 2004

Subjects:

Alien labor, Alien labor--Ethical aspects, Illegal immigrants, Illegal immigrants--Civil rights, Immigration policy, Immigration policy--Analysis, Labor policy, Labor policy--Analysis, Right of action, Right of action--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...Able to Sue U.S. Employers for Labor Racketeering? Yes: Employees Who Have Suffered...enforcement of employment and labor laws for all workers are terribly...employers caught in its web. The anti-racketeering law can be and has been used...
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Q: Should Illegal Aliens Be Able to Sue U.S. Employers for Labor Racketeering? No: Such Lawsuits Subvert Our Legal System and the Nation's Border-Control Policy

Magazine article by Matt Hayes; Insight on the News, January 5, 2004

Subjects:

Alien labor, Alien labor--Ethical aspects, Illegal immigrants, Illegal immigrants--Civil rights, Immigration policy, Immigration policy--Analysis, Labor policy, Labor policy--Analysis, Right of action, Right of action--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...Able to Sue U.S. Employers for Labor Racketeering? No: Such Lawsuits Subvert Our...appalling working conditions for its labor force. Americans were outraged...sauvage. The creation of child-labor laws and other worker protections...
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Organized Labor Fights Family Ties

Magazine article by Jerry Seper; Insight on the News, Vol. 10, November 21, 1994

Subjects:

Carey, Ron--Political activity, Hoffa, James P., Jr.--Political activity, International Brotherhood of Teamsters--Political activity, Labor unions--Political activity, Organized crime--Investigations, United States. Department of Justice--Investigations

Collections: Entire Library

Organized labor fights family ties by Jerry...decree in order to settle a federal racketeering lawsuit in which the government accused...Colombo crime family, now in prison for racketeering. An affidavit by a Teamsters member...
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Working the Teamsters: Labor History Is Being Made in the Big Union, but Its Coverage Has an Alice in Wonderland Quality

Magazine article by Mike Hoyt; Columbia Journalism Review, Vol. 35, July 1996

Subjects:

Carey, Ron--Media coverage, Hoffa, James P.--Media coverage, International Brotherhood of Teamsters--Political aspects, Labor movement--Media coverage

Collections: History, Entire Library

...mostly of United Parcel Service delivery drivers. The piece featured critical quotes from Michael J. Maroney, a labor racketeering expert who had been hired to help clean up a different Queens Teamsters local. The "dealings" allegation was based...

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Newspaper Articles on: labor racketeering

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Coia Vows He'll Stay, Fight Labor Racketeering Claims

Newspaper article by Jerry Seper; The Washington Times, October 29, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Coia vows hell stay, fight labor racketeering claims by Jerry Seper...union to avoid a proposed 1994 racketeering complaint, which named Mr...union "through a pattern of racketeering activity." The former prosecutor...
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Labor Boss Likely to Plead, Then Quit: Clinton Friend Vowed to End Corruption

Newspaper article by Jerry Seper; The Washington Times, October 2, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...reported Thursday by the Daily Labor Report. White House spokesman...the union to avoid having a racketeering complaint filed, which named...racketeering activity." The 1994 Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations...through former New York labor lawyer Harold Ickes, then...
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Union Founder Faces Theft Probe; Federal Raids Prompted by Missing Pension, Benefits Money

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 7, 2007

Subjects:

Pensions--Investigations, Racketeering--Investigations, Theft--Investigations

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...records. The investigation, headed by the racketeering and fraud unit of the U.S. Labor Departments Office of Inspector General...health plans. An investigator for the Labor Departments racketeering unit said Mr. Burriss earned an annual...
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Big Labor's Shakedown; How Companies Can Fight Back

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 8, 2007

Subjects:

Labor unions

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Welcome to the modern world of labor warfare. Call it RICO 2.0...employer has filed a civil-racketeering case against a major union...fight mob influence in the labor movement. It was "On the Waterfront...to pressure hospitals in the labor groups crosshairs. That puts...
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Union Renews Tie with the AFL

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 7, 2005

Subjects:

Chief information officers, Labor unions, United Transportation Union

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...after its departure. The 60,000-member union is the second labor group in two weeks to indicate it wants membership in the...Thompson replaced Byron Boyd, who pleaded guilty in March 2004 to racketeering. After Mr. Thompson took over, Mr. Sweeney sent him a hand-written...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: labor racketeering

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Organized Crime

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...turned to new avenues of profitable crime, such as labor racketeering, gambling, and narcotics traffic. The Syndicate...Nostra affirmed the bribing of public officials and labor unions, and periodic meetings of the 25 main families...
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Teamsters Union

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...accepting bribes from employers to stop strikes or reduce labor costs. In 1977 allegations of control by organized crime forced...McCarthy as union president, the Teamsters settled a federal racketeering suit that accused officials of allowing known crime figures...
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Mafia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...operations trade in narcotics, gambling, prostitution, labor union racketeering and certain legal enterprises, such as trucking...While slowing its activities in extortion and racketeering in the 1980s and 90s, the contemporary Mafia has...

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