Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Carpenters Union President John Daly Axed, Amid Ongoing Investigation

THE HEAD OF a scandal-scarred carpenters union local has been booted - weeks after his predecessor was fired amid charges he rigged hiring lists to give cronies work at Ground Zero, Local157.blogspot has learned.

John Daly is the fourth Local 608 president to be axed this year. The 7,400-member local, is a major force in city real estate development, which controls union carpenters on the West Side of Manhattan and all of the Bronx. 

Daly’s firing has to do with an ongoing investigation by the federal review officer Dennis Walsh, sources said.

Walsh declined to comment.

UBC Supervisor Frank Spencer, called Daly's departure "part of our ongoing housekeeping efforts."

"Why hasn't Spencer placed the local under supervision and suspend the entire executive board," several carpenters questioned. 

Local 608 Vice President, Mike Murphy, is steping into Daly's shoes until an election can be held.

Daly, who was the locals vice president became president last month when Joe Firth was remove from office and fired amid charges he rigged hiring lists to give cronies work at Ground Zero.

Before he was elected president earlier this year, Firth was a business agent whose sole responsibility was, as he put it in court papers, assigning carpenters to jobs at "Ground Zero ... [and] the buildings that were damaged during the attack."

The presidents before Firth, Martin Devereaux, was fired in July, for misusing union money and refusing to cooperate with probers. Devereaux had replaced John Greaney, who was fired on August 10, 2009 after being indicted with nine others including, District Council of Carpenters chief Michael Forde.

In July, Forde, Greaney and seven other Local 608 officials pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges.

11 comments:

  1. GOOD LUCK MIKE . LETS GO RANGERS

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  2. The John Daly 4 step program. Step#1 FIRED. Step#2 INDITED.Step#3CONVICTED.Step#4 INCARCERATED.

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  3. JOHN DALY IS A GOOD MAN

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  4. NO braines whatsoever.The IRS loves when guys are under the microscope.Good luck in your cash buisnesses now.Good man DALY wont be invited to many IRISH pubs now.Total magnet for law enforcement.Drink up boys!

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  5. John Daly is a good man? Just don't
    leave him alone with the hired help...John Daly is a good man?Nah,
    not really,not at all...LET'S NOT
    FORGET WHAT HE DID IN PUERTO RICO..

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  6. Did Daly resign as Vice President to become Pro tem President??

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  7. Sorry I meant Murphy

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  8. Why didn't he make his one and only meeting as president?

    Inquiring minds want to know.

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  9. At a Delegate training session last week, McCarron said 608 is a corrupt organization and WILL be dissolved. He went on to talked about Forde, Greaney and how 608 has had 4 Presidents in the last year and all removed. Now he is about to DISSOLVE 608...........

    IT'S ABOUT TIME....... GO DOUG GO!!!!!!! IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU STAND UP AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME.

    Now the only thing you have left to do is get rid of DeRicco and Caperso (GENOVESE CRIME FAMILY) to prove to the members your for REAL.

    PS Spencer is in on it with the boys from South Jersey.

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  10. Whatever Walsh is doing isn't much
    because Daly is still up to his old tricks.

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