Mobsters, unions, and feds
Subtitle: the Mafia and the American labor movement
By: James B. Jacobs.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780814742730
Subjects: Labor unions -- United States -- History.; Racketeering -- United States -- History.; Mafia -- United States -- History.; Organized crime -- United States -- History.; Organized crime investigation -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Organized crime and organized labor; title: President's Commission on Organized Crime; title: Labor racketeering in New York City; title: Organized labor's response to organized crime; title: Labor racketeering and the rank and file; title: Attacking labor racketeering prior to Civil RICO (1982); title: Civil RICO suits and trusteeships; title: The liberation of IBT Local 560; title: The NYC District Council of Carpenters; title: The four big bad international unions; title: Evaluating Civil RICO; title: Concluding reflections.