former Teamster "boss" Carey indicted

[John Halle]

>
> >A few months back, Doug posted a Newsday article by Bob Fitch which
> >claimed that that the Clinton justice department held off on the
> >prosecution of, among others, Trumka and Stern for illegally
> >channelling
> >union funds to the Carey campaign.
> >
> >Are these guys next-having now lost what Finch called their "get out of
> >jail free" card?
>
> By chance, I just talked to Fitch an hour ago, and he used exactly
> that phrase, predicting that there's a good chance that Trumka's
> next. He says the main reason the unions gave the Dems $45m in this
> election cycle was to assure the validity of their GOOJF card.
>

Are you suggesting that the leadership had anything other than the best
interests of the rank and file in mind in their support of that great
friend of labor, Al Gore?

How dare you!

John