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Mobsters, Unions, and Feds : the Mafia and the American Labor Movement.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jacobs, James B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 Organized Crime and Organized Labor; 3 President's Commission on Organized Crime; 4 Labor Racketeering in New York City; 5 Organized Labor's Response to Organized Crime; 6 Labor Racketeering and the Rank and File; 7 Attacking Labor Racketeering Prior to Civil RICO (1982); 8 Civil RICO Suits and Trusteeships; 9 The Liberation of IBT Local 560; 10 The New York City District Council of Carpenters; 11 The Four International Unions; 12 Evaluating Civil RICO; 13 Concluding Reflections; Notes; Bibliography; Index.