[quote=Oscarthedago]Cleveland may have been the first family who infiltrated a union back in the 1920's through Tony & Frank Milano.
Unless I am overlooking or unaware of something, the earliest LCN involvement in a labor union, at least on a substantial level, is when Genovese captain Joseph "Socks" Lanza created Local 359 of the United Seafood Workers Union in 1923. [/
Tony Milano was originally part of the Calabrian Black Hand and by the mid 1920's, he was shaking down union members and officers. You may be right on the first "documented" case, but the Jewish Boys from Cleveland and Detroit's Purple Gang also shook down unions in the 1930's.
As Uncle Charlie used to say, "Never get into pissing matches with skunks."
