Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Feds: Teamsters rigged union election

Chi Town Daily News reports:
Federal prosecutors say three former officials of Teamsters Local 743 stole a union election by tampering with membership information, diverting ballots to friends and associates and forming an "assembly line" to mark ballots in their favor.

The federal criminal trial of union officials Richard Lopez, David Rodriguez and Thaddeus Bania began yesterday.
A warm up for card check?