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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Sunday, February 01, 2004 ::
Ferraris, golf trips and fat pensions By DOUGLAS FEIDEN, nydailynews
Sleazy labor leaders live high on hog as members struggle to earn a weekly wage
'Two words: It stinks,' said Jim McGough, director of the dissident Laborers for Justice. 'Honest, hardworking members pay their dues straight into the pockets of crooks.'
The Carpenters, whose last four leaders faced corruption charges, lavish Forde with $216,442 in annual wages, up 15% since his indictment in 2000. Several outraged members told the Daily News that union brass requested donations of $25 to $500 to fund his criminal defense.
'It's called coercion when the people who control if you work or not ask you to give them money,' said Gene Clark, a Bronx carpenter, union insurgent and member of Carpenters Local 608 for 45 years.
While 24 of his co-defendants have pleaded guilty, Forde, 49, has maintained his innocence; after lengthy delays, a tentative trial date of Feb. 26 has been set.------------------------------------------- posted 6:29 PM :: reference link ::
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