Mob influence puts union in trusteeship BY ROBERT C. HERGUTH AND STEVE WARMBIR, Chicago Sun-Times
But alleged mob influence wasn't the only reason hearing officer Peter Vaira ordered the 2,800-member local into trusteeship -- with the international union appointing a monitor to clean it up.
The union also was paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in pension and health contributions 'for 33 individuals who were not salaried employees and had no right to pensions or welfare benefits,' Vaira, a former federal prosecutor, wrote in his 87-page ruling.