former Teamster "boss" Carey indicted

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jan 29 16:25:53 PST 2001


Justin Schwartz wrote:


>Doug, please. The old Teamsters were run by the mob. So are the
>Laborers. Carey's Teamsters were not, except in locals where the old
>guard was entrenchedl. He _did_ break the law, but it wasn't very
>awful as these things go--it didn't touch what Milken did, for
>example, whom you have been defending--and therwe is no doubt that
>if Carey hadn't won the UPS strike, he would not have been a target.

I'm relieved that the lawbreaking of a reformist union leader was not as serious as that of a demonized investment banker.

Doug



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