CRIME DAWG Analysis

LIUNA's press release deliberately misrepresents the truth when it says it represents 750,000 members . How come only 445,000+ members were eligible to vote in the 1996 election and that not more than 500,000 members at most will be eligible to vote in 2001. LIUNA illicitly, illegally, and untruthfully  adds 300,0000 associate members of the Mailhandlers division to the number of workers it represents. These 300,000 associate members of LIUNA's Mailhandler's division pay a one time fee to join LIUNA's welfare fund because it has better benefits than U.S. Government programs. These phony LIUNA members do not pay dues to LIUNA, are not covered by LIUNA collective bargaining agreements, and are not eligible to vote in LIUNA's elections. Why? because they are not members of LIUNA! DOJ is aware of this blatant lie on LIUNA's part and is powerless to do anything about it because DOJ leaders have "no balls" anymore . As every reporter knows that knows me, DOJ is acutely aware of LIUNA' s deliberate falsehoods, lies, misrepresentations because I tell DOJ about them very chance I get,

LIUNA General Counsel, Michael Bearse, stretches the truth and exaggerates when says this new agreement acknowledges LIUNA has operated in good faith". DOJ has never stated publicly that LIUNA has operated in good faith. DOJ just can't prove conclusively that LIUNA has operated in bad faith. Whatever good LIUNA has accomplished in eliminating corruption is not because LIUNA leaders love the good and hate the evil. It's because they don't want to lose their cushy jobs. Their motives are not pure by any stretch of the imagination. They do good when they are forced to, when threatened with punishment. They are more motivated by fear of a loss than a hope for a gain.

LIUNA General Counsel , Michael Bearse, is a Coia appointee and, therefore, immediately suspect. Organized crime has employed lawyers to do its bidding since day one in LIUNA. Robert Connerton, former LIUNA General Counsel and named RICO defendant is a prime example of a lawyer who heard no evil, saw no evil, reported no evil. DOJ sought Connerton's removal from LIUNA in the draft RICO complaint because he was a willing aidor and abettor of organized crime's pillaging of LIUNA. Bearse is Connerton's replacement-no more, no less. Arthur a. Coia is organized crime- a member, an associate-so says the FBI and so says the LIUNA GEB Attorney. Yet they both allow Arthur A. Coia to appoint LIUNA general counsel and to remain as editor of the Union's propaganda machine, the Laborer magazine. These omissions (errors of judgment) on DOJ's part do not instill confidence in its competence.

After extensively recording violations of fiduciary responsibilities on the part of GEB members in the draft RICO complaint, DOJ now allows GEB members to further shirk their duty to eliminate corruption by permitting budget cuts in investigative personnel. The crooks just love it when there is not enough tax money to hire new police. Who says crime doesn't pay? Why not reduce the excessive salaries LIUNA GEB members receive and use the savings to hire more competent investigators in lieu of using uneducated LIUNA members , most of whom were appointed by corrupt officials in the first place.

LIUNA is for the overwhelming number of hard working members  a union- a uniting of economic interests collectively for the common good of everyone. For the upper leadership of LIUNA, LIUNA is a "racketeering enterprise", no more , no less. With the budgetary constraints and DOJ's unwillingness to force democratic structural reform within LIUNA by radically amending its undemocratic constitutions, true lasting reform of LIUNA is an impossibility. It just won't work. Corrupt officials are removed and replaced by their relatives and cronies

Most of LIUNA's unsuccessful efforts are attributable to LIUNA's designed campaign to keep the membership in the dark about the true extent of corruption within LIUNA.  LIUNA will not release to the membership the details of the agreement it signed with DOJ extending the oversight. it didn't release the details of the last extension.. DOJ won't have the "balls" to demand it do so.

GEB Attorney Luskin in fulfilling his duty and because he is an all around nice guy sent me the extension agreement so I struck out the above lines on 1/12/99.

Despite numerous requests that DOJ is aware of, GEB Attorney Robert Luskin hasn't yet sent me copies of "public" documents for internet publishing to help educate the membership about LIUNA's corruption. A few have arrived and more  are the way when time permits.(see above editorial retraction)

Robert Bloch, the trustee appointed to Chicago's District Council has not yet informed the members that the trusteeship was imposed in February 1998 because organized crime controlled the district council. Robert Bloch then appoints his law partner as counsel to both the pension fund and the welfare fund-despite the obvious requirement for arms length dealings and no self serving deals.

As uneducated but wise members of LIUNA say "LIUNA reforming? bullshit! it ain't so. it ain't going to happen. not in Chicago. not in New York. not here, not there not anywhere as long as DOJ has no "balls". last we knew, the Attorney General wore a skirt and pantyhose without a jockstrap.. didn't need one. no "balls".