Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Culture of Corruption: Forde and His Team of Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies

'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!'

On Wednesday August 5, 2009, federal authorities charged New York carpenters union leader Michael J. Forde, seven other union officials, a contractor, and contractor’s representative with 29 counts of corruption, including racketeering, fraud, bribery, and perjury. The indictment says that, together, they stole millions of dollars from the union and its benefit funds. In exchange for bribes, the union officials allowed contractors to pay union members cash wages below union scale with no benefits, hire illegal aliens and nonunion workers and forgo benefit funds contributions.

This is a must read for all union Brothers and Sisters who care about The Carpenters Union.
Carpenters Indictment

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