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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 261862" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p>Interesting article that ran back in november of 97.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Until recently, it seemed Carey held the trump card of relative moral superiority. Elected in 1991, his supporters say he did indeed clean up the union with the help of the Independent Review Board, the oversight group that polices the union, setting up trusteeships at more than 70 districts in need of reform. It was a fresh start for a union besieged with corruption and a history of links with organized crime. Six past union presidents were indicted on criminal charges, including Jimmy Hoffa, father of Carey's current rival, who went to prison for jury tampering and then disappeared from the parking lot of a Michigan restaurant in 1975.</p><p><span style="color: blue">Sam Theodus , a former executive-board member of the union under Carey, and a 45-year veteran of the Teamsters, pushed to reform Teamsters elections during the autocratic reign of former president Jackie Presser. A Carey supporter in 1992, Theodus resigned in 1995 as chairman of ethical practices in the union's central region because he believed the union was tolerating threats and intimidation at union elections.</span></p><p>"I thought Ron Carey might be the answer, but they put the fox in charge of the chicken coop. I had loyalty but gradually his administration started to deteriorate," Theodus tells Insight. So is it really more of the same? "We got rid of organized crime in the union, but evidently the mob-controlled unions went to government-controlled unions," he adds. "I wonder now who the biggest crooks are."</p><p>Hoffa supporters meanwhile portray Carey as an FBI informant who willingly gives up his enemies while protecting his friends. It is true that the union chief has cooperated with prosecutors, testifying against Teamsters treasurer John Long, tied to an organized crime pension-fund scheme in 1987. <span style="color: blue">Hoffa's supporters claim Carey has had a long association with the Lucchese crime family and FBI and court records obtained by Insight suggest this connection might exist. One such tie has Carey testifying on behalf of John Conti, who is described by a Senate subcommittee as a "made" soldier of the Lucchese family Conti subsequently was acquitted in a loan-shark case in which two of his subordinates were convicted</span>.</p><p><span style="color: blue">And Michael Moroney, who has been investigating labor corruption for 17 years for the government, claims Carey is knee-deep in mob ties. </span>In 1992 Moroney worked with federal prosecutor Thomas Puccio as a court-appointed trustee of New York Local 295, which had been linked to the Lucchese crime family. Moroney tried to extend the trusteeship to Local 851, which was believed to be moving in. But Moroney says Carey fought him. During the power struggle, Moroney met with FBI informant and former Lucchese family boss Alfonso D'Arco. Moroney tells Insight, "I spent two days with D'Arco and he started blasting me, saying `You guys are so stupid, Ron Carey was ours. He was always an associate of the Lucchese family. He was in business with us. He made money with us for years.'"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 261862, member: 1912"] Interesting article that ran back in november of 97. Until recently, it seemed Carey held the trump card of relative moral superiority. Elected in 1991, his supporters say he did indeed clean up the union with the help of the Independent Review Board, the oversight group that polices the union, setting up trusteeships at more than 70 districts in need of reform. It was a fresh start for a union besieged with corruption and a history of links with organized crime. Six past union presidents were indicted on criminal charges, including Jimmy Hoffa, father of Carey's current rival, who went to prison for jury tampering and then disappeared from the parking lot of a Michigan restaurant in 1975. [COLOR=blue]Sam Theodus , a former executive-board member of the union under Carey, and a 45-year veteran of the Teamsters, pushed to reform Teamsters elections during the autocratic reign of former president Jackie Presser. A Carey supporter in 1992, Theodus resigned in 1995 as chairman of ethical practices in the union's central region because he believed the union was tolerating threats and intimidation at union elections.[/COLOR] "I thought Ron Carey might be the answer, but they put the fox in charge of the chicken coop. I had loyalty but gradually his administration started to deteriorate," Theodus tells Insight. So is it really more of the same? "We got rid of organized crime in the union, but evidently the mob-controlled unions went to government-controlled unions," he adds. "I wonder now who the biggest crooks are." Hoffa supporters meanwhile portray Carey as an FBI informant who willingly gives up his enemies while protecting his friends. It is true that the union chief has cooperated with prosecutors, testifying against Teamsters treasurer John Long, tied to an organized crime pension-fund scheme in 1987. [COLOR=blue]Hoffa's supporters claim Carey has had a long association with the Lucchese crime family and FBI and court records obtained by Insight suggest this connection might exist. One such tie has Carey testifying on behalf of John Conti, who is described by a Senate subcommittee as a "made" soldier of the Lucchese family Conti subsequently was acquitted in a loan-shark case in which two of his subordinates were convicted[/COLOR]. [COLOR=blue]And Michael Moroney, who has been investigating labor corruption for 17 years for the government, claims Carey is knee-deep in mob ties. [/COLOR]In 1992 Moroney worked with federal prosecutor Thomas Puccio as a court-appointed trustee of New York Local 295, which had been linked to the Lucchese crime family. Moroney tried to extend the trusteeship to Local 851, which was believed to be moving in. But Moroney says Carey fought him. During the power struggle, Moroney met with FBI informant and former Lucchese family boss Alfonso D'Arco. Moroney tells Insight, "I spent two days with D'Arco and he started blasting me, saying `You guys are so stupid, Ron Carey was ours. He was always an associate of the Lucchese family. He was in business with us. He made money with us for years.'" [/QUOTE]
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