7 ms·

From what I see, it is enabled by (and thrives under) the compulsion for control. eg: Beneficial labor unions of the 1930s were corrupt by the 1950s because uni

From what I see, it is enabled by (and thrives under) the compulsion for control. eg: Beneficial labor unions of the 1930s were corrupt by the 1950s because union members preferred the safety of power over the uncertainty of excising corruption. You also need to look at the counter parties in a lot of the union corruption, they were in dirty corrupt industries controlled by the mob. But at the same time, we don’t focus on that part of the story as much. If you look at industries that had less corruption, you see less union corruption.

WarOnPrivacy 1y ago
> You also need to look at the counter parties in a lot of the union corruption, they were in dirty corrupt industries controlled by the mob. For me, the most memorable outcome of corruption was the Knox Mine disaster in 1959. UMWA officers, including District 1 president, had accepted bribes from company officials. I hadn't ever read that the mob was tied to that corruption. However, a little searching turned up evidence of it. federal prosecutors had been on the trail of suspicious ties between coal operators and local officials of the United Mine Workers of America. That trail began at the infamous November 1957 "mob meeting" in Apalachin, N.Y., which was raided by federal investigators. Among the 60 or so men who attended were four Wyoming Valley residents, including reputed crime boss Russell Bufalino and Dominick Alaimo, a committeeman with UMWA Local 8005, which represented workers in 10 mines, including the Knox Coal Co.’s River Slope Mine in Jenkins Township. https://www.timesleader.com/archive/991527/a-look-back-how-the-1959-knox-mine-disaster-contributed-to-the-decline-of-theregions-anthracite-industry-mining-scandal-aftermath-blew-lid-off-organizedcrime-corruption-and-led-to-labor-leaders https://www.timesleader.com/archive/991527/a-look-back-how-t...

WarOnPrivacy 1y ago

> You also need to look at the counter parties in a lot of the union corruption, they were in dirty corrupt industries controlled by the mob. For me, the most memorable outcome of corruption was the Knox Mine disaster in 1959. UMWA officers, including District 1 president, had accepted bribes from company officials. I hadn't ever read that the mob was tied to that corruption. However, a little searching turned up evidence of it. federal prosecutors had been on the trail of suspicious ties between coal operators and local officials of the United Mine Workers of America. That trail began at the infamous November 1957 "mob meeting" in Apalachin, N.Y., which was raided by federal investigators. Among the 60 or so men who attended were four Wyoming Valley residents, including reputed crime boss Russell Bufalino and Dominick Alaimo, a committeeman with UMWA Local 8005, which represented workers in 10 mines, including the Knox Coal Co.’s River Slope Mine in Jenkins Township. https://www.timesleader.com/archive/991527/a-look-back-how-the-1959-knox-mine-disaster-contributed-to-the-decline-of-theregions-anthracite-industry-mining-scandal-aftermath-blew-lid-off-organizedcrime-corruption-and-led-to-labor-leaders https://www.timesleader.com/archive/991527/a-look-back-how-t...