Posted on 06/22/2012 9:41:44 AM PDT by PieterCasparzen
The rap sheet for members of the International Union of Operating Engineers reads like something out of "Goodfellas."
Embezzlement. Wire fraud. Bribery. That's just scratching the surface of crimes committed by the IUOE ranks. And it is from this union that President Obama earlier this year picked one of his latest appointees to the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency tasked with resolving labor disputes between unions and management.
That recess appointee, Richard Griffin, was former general counsel for the 400,000-member union of heavy equipment operators -- a union tainted over the years by mob connections and a history of corruption.
Public documents obtained by Fox News show that more than 60 IUOE members have been arrested, indicted or jailed in the last decade on charges that include labor racketeering, extortion, criminal enterprise, bodily harm and workplace sabotage.
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just for the picture of the dude, who looks like he just walked off the set of a mob movie.
Some of us Americans are still fooled by unions (though very few here on FR).
To the remaining deluded... wake up folks, you'll love the fresh air in reality-land.
Stagmire !
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