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union thugs

ranch hand

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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/19/this-fbi-indictment-against-10-union-workers-who-allegedly-torched-a-church-reads-like-something-straight-out-of-a-movie/
 

Steve

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“Union officials and members who commit arson, destroy property, use threats of physical harm, and engage in other acts of violence to extort victims on behalf of their union need to be criminally prosecuted.”

Law enforcement officials arrested 10 members of Philadelphia’s Ironworkers Local 401 and charged them with participating in “a conspiracy to commit criminal acts of extortion, arson, destruction of property, and assault” in an attempt to force construction contractors to hire union ironworkers, the FBI said Tuesday in a press release.

“Specifically, the indictment charges RICO conspiracy, violent crime in aid of racketeering, three counts of arson, two counts of use of fire to commit a felony, and conspiracy to commit arson,” it continued. “Eight of the 10 individuals named in the indictment are charged with conspiring to use Ironworkers Local 401 as an enterprise to commit criminal acts.”

The FBI indictment goes on to list the dark details of the union plot.

The 10 defendants had a network of co-conspirators who helped them sniff out construction jobs where the work was being done by non-union laborers, according to the indictment.

Business agents would then approach construction foremen at those sites and “imply or explicitly threaten violence, destruction of property or other criminal acts unless union members were hired,” it adds.

The scheme depended on the defendants’ alleged reputation for “violence and sabotage,” which was apparently established in the community a long time ago. Backed by fear of retribution, the defendants were able to strong arm contractors into hiring union members.

The indictment alleges that the defendants established “goon” squads, made up almost entirely of union workers, to “commit assaults, arsons, and destruction of property.”

One squad even referred to itself as “The Helpful Union Guys,” or “THUG” for short.

In 2010, one of the defendants and three associates approached non-union laborer outside of a mall and attacked them with baseball bats, the indictment said.

In December 2012, when the contractor responsible for the Quaker Meeting House in Philadelphia refused to hire union workers, three defendants went to the construction site and proceeded to cut steel beams and bolts, it adds.

The defendants also reportedly set fire to a crane at the work site.

Further, in July 2013, two defendants “set up a picket line and threatened the contractor of an apartment complex under construction at 31st and Spring Garden Streets if he did not hire Local 401 members,” the indictment claims. The “contractor relinquished his profits and turned the job over to a union-affiliated contractor as a result of the threats.”

Of the eight persons charged with racketeering conspiracy, Joseph Dougherty, 72, of Philadelphia, worked as the financial secretary and business manager of Local 401.

I wasn't a bit shocked.. I actually know two of these guys..

I still have a jacket I received from Dougherty a few years ago.,.. :shock: (someone sank his dock and jet skis )

both him and Richie are really nice guys.. a bit rough, but typical union guys..
 

Steve

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Union Bosses that Gave Big to Dems Charged with Burning Down Church

The Ironworkers helped push some $600,000 to Dems, But apparently they didn’t donate enough to offset the whole church burning thing.

Among the criminal acts mentioned in the indictment is the 2012 arson of a Quaker Meetinghouse under construction in the City of Brotherly Love — Philadelphia.

The group of self-described THUGS—an acronym for “Those Helpful Union Guys”—allegedly burned down the meetinghouse as part of a wider campaign of violence against non-union work sites across the city.

Prosecutors alleged that Dougherty and others have cost contractors hundreds of thousands of dollars over at least three years, and were indiscriminate in choosing their targets – equally willing to break skulls with baseball bats at a Toys R Us work site in King of Prussia or torch a Quaker meetinghouse under construction in Chestnut Hill.

Violence was not just a tactic in the ironworkers’ toolbox, prosecutors said. It is deeply ingrained in the structure of their organization.

Members earned spots on the union’s board based on their involvement in work-site attacks, and leaders relished their reputations as strong-arm enforcers, according to the indictment.

So far, in the run-up to the November 2014 elections, the Ironworkers contributed over $600,000.00 to the Democrats.
 

Steve

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hypocritexposer said:
So, the non union guys were building a Church, and the THUGs burnt it?

basically,.. they cut beams,.. loosed and damaged bolts, and burned a crane...

and busted heads..

typical union thug tactics..
 

Steve

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maybe if Kola and OT are so bored they could stop in and defend their union brothers.. so we can have a balanced debate.. :roll: :shock: :lol:
 
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