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Mobsters, unions, and feds [electronic resource] : the Mafia and the American labor movement / James B. Jacobs.

By: Jacobs, James B.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2006Description: xxxii, 320 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Labor unions -- United States -- History | Racketeering -- United States -- History | Mafia -- United States -- History | Organized crime -- United States -- History | Organized crime investigation -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.1/06/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Organized crime and organized labor -- President's Commission on Organized Crime -- Labor racketeering in New York City -- Organized labor's response to organized crime -- Labor racketeering and the rank and file -- Attacking labor racketeering prior to Civil RICO (1982) -- Civil RICO suits and trusteeships -- The liberation of IBT Local 560 -- The New York City District Council of Carpenters -- The four international unions -- Evaluating Civil RICO --
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364.1/06/0973 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-304) and index.

Introduction -- Organized crime and organized labor -- President's Commission on Organized Crime -- Labor racketeering in New York City -- Organized labor's response to organized crime -- Labor racketeering and the rank and file -- Attacking labor racketeering prior to Civil RICO (1982) -- Civil RICO suits and trusteeships -- The liberation of IBT Local 560 -- The New York City District Council of Carpenters -- The four international unions -- Evaluating Civil RICO -- Concluding reflections.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.