Trash Piles up in Union-Boss Stronghold Cities
The Teamsters garbage strike in and around Boston has been even uglier and more dangerous than DC 33’s, which ended July 9.
Part of Hoffa's Army Indicted
The Boston Herald reports four Massachusetts Teamsters were charged yesterday in a 30-count federal extortion and racketeering indictment. The teamsters shook down major Hub convention organizers, assaulted rivals and rigged union votes in a lucrative “pay-to-play” reign — including once strong-arming the state Democratic Party by threatening to obstruct a fundraiser by Gov. Deval Patrick where President Obama spoke, officials said.
