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Last week\u2019s New York Times<\/i><\/a> report of another case<\/a> of mobbed up union bosses is certainly nothing new, but it is a good example of how union corruption and compulsory unionism go hand in hand:<\/p>\n

\n

\tAn independent counsel appointed to investigate the union representing 15,000 New York City school bus drivers has concluded that there is substantial evidence that \u201corganized crime has infiltrated and controlled\u201d it. \t<\/p>\n

\tThe counsel\u2019s report, written in January and made public yesterday by dissident union members, said that top officers of the union, Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, were involved in what it called racketeering activity that included extortion, kickbacks and bribes. \t<\/p>\n

\tSalvatore Battaglia, the local\u2019s former president, is facing trial on federal charges accusing him of extortion, receiving bribes and hiding Mafia involvement in the union. He has pleaded not guilty. The local\u2019s secretary-treasurer, Julius Bernstein, was forced to resign by federal prosecutors and has pleaded guilty to obstructing justice. \t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to reports<\/a>, employees in a group called \u201cMembers for Change\u201d had been since calling for the ouster of the mobbed-up union bosses since 2005. Now with the former two top union officials on trial or having pleaded guilty, employees forced to pay dues as condition of their job are questioning the new union bosses installed by officials from the Transit Union\u2019s International:<\/p>\n

\n

\tAt a news conference yesterday, a dozen bus drivers complained that the two trustees whom the parent union had named to oversee the local had hired 11 of the local\u2019s executive board members who had worked under Mr. Battaglia. \t<\/p>\n

\tThe drivers said those people had helped perpetuate an intimidating atmosphere that discourages criticism of union leaders. They also complained that not enough was being done to recoup the more than $2.7 million that federal officials say Mr. Battaglia obtained improperly. \t<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe international didn\u2019t bring in any new faces,\u201d said Simon Jean-Baptiste, who belongs to a dissident faction called Members for Change. \u201cThe same people are there who stopped people from talking. It\u2019s a bad situation.\u201d \t<\/p>\n

\tAnother bus driver, Clifford Magloire, said that in May, when he was distributing leaflets criticizing the local\u2019s leaders, one union official pushed him against a fence and started screaming at him as others surrounded him. \t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course, if corrupt union bosses couldn\u2019t depend on rank-and-file employees being forced to pay dues and associate with the union as a job condition, it would be far harder for them to get away with treating employees like patsies who can be taken for a ride.<\/p>\n

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Last week\u2019s New York Times<\/i><\/a> report of another case<\/a> of mobbed up union bosses is certainly nothing new, but it is a good example of how union corruption and compulsory unionism go hand in hand:<\/p>\n

\n

\tAn independent counsel appointed to investigate the union representing 15,000 New York City school bus drivers has concluded that there is substantial evidence that \u201corganized crime has infiltrated and controlled\u201d it. \t<\/p>\n

\tThe counsel\u2019s report, written in January and made public yesterday by dissident union members, said that top officers of the union, Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, were involved in what it called racketeering activity that included extortion, kickbacks and bribes. \t<\/p>\n

\tSalvatore Battaglia, the local\u2019s former president, is facing trial on federal charges accusing him of extortion, receiving bribes and hiding Mafia involvement in the union. He has pleaded not guilty. The local\u2019s secretary-treasurer, Julius Bernstein, was forced to resign by federal prosecutors and has pleaded guilty to obstructing justice. \t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to reports<\/a>, employees in a group called \u201cMembers for Change\u201d had been since calling for the ouster of the mobbed-up union bosses since 2005. Now with the former two top union officials on trial or having pleaded guilty, employees forced to pay dues as condition of their job are questioning the new union bosses installed by officials from the Transit Union\u2019s International:<\/p>\n

\n

\tAt a news conference yesterday, a dozen bus drivers complained that the two trustees whom the parent union had named to oversee the local had hired 11 of the local\u2019s executive board members who had worked under Mr. Battaglia. \t<\/p>\n

\tThe drivers said those people had helped perpetuate an intimidating atmosphere that discourages criticism of union leaders. They also complained that not enough was being done to recoup the more than $2.7 million that federal officials say Mr. Battaglia obtained improperly. \t<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe international didn\u2019t bring in any new faces,\u201d said Simon Jean-Baptiste, who belongs to a dissident faction called Members for Change. \u201cThe same people are there who stopped people from talking. It\u2019s a bad situation.\u201d \t<\/p>\n

\tAnother bus driver, Clifford Magloire, said that in May, when he was distributing leaflets criticizing the local\u2019s leaders, one union official pushed him against a fence and started screaming at him as others surrounded him. \t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course, if corrupt union bosses couldn\u2019t depend on rank-and-file employees being forced to pay dues and associate with the union as a job condition, it would be far harder for them to get away with treating employees like patsies who can be taken for a ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nCompulsory Unionism and Corruption - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/blog\/compulsory-unionism-and-corruption\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Compulsory Unionism and Corruption - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week\u2019s New York Times report of another case of mobbed up union bosses is certainly nothing new, but it is a good example of how union corruption and compulsory unionism go hand in hand: An independent counsel appointed to investigate the union representing 15,000 New York City school bus drivers has concluded that there is substantial evidence that \u201corganized crime has infiltrated and controlled\u201d it. 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