Originally Posted By: furio_from_naples
http://www.waterfrontcommission.org/docs/WCNYH_2012_Annual_Report.pdf

Take a look,is interesting because talk of the crime activity in New Jersey of the 5 family from 2011 to now.

here a example

Shop Steward and ILA Local 1 Trustee Highlighted in Commission
Public Hearings Removed from the Waterfront . By Commission Order
dated October 25, 2011, William A. Vitale, a suspended shop steward at Maher Terminals and a trustee of ILA Local 1, was removed from working on the waterfront for the theft of $96,582.75 from Maher Terminals, for committing frauds in connection with a sworn interview conducted by the Commission, and associating with an associate of the Genovese Crime
Family. On April 28, 2011, in Union County Superior Court, Vitale pleaded guilty to theft by deception (a crime of the 3rd degree). On September 23, 2011, the Court sentenced Vitale to three years probation and ordered him to pay restitution of $96,582.75 to Maher Terminals, forfeit his waterfront registration, and resign his position with the ILA. Vitale admitted that he lied and caused false time records to be created which resulted in Maher
Terminals paying him for hours that he did not work. He also testified falsely during a sworn Commission interview in response to questions concerning his presence in Florida, California,
and Aruba, when he was paid for working at the terminal. Vitale also visited in prison Joseph Lore, an associate of the Genovese Crime Family on the ILA Ethical Practices Counsel’s Barred
List, who was convicted of charges pertaining to embezzlement from ILA Local 1588 and using intimidation or force against a witness. Both Vitale and Lore were subjects of testimony during
the Commission's 2010 Public Hearings pertaining to no show jobs and organized crime associations on the waterfront.



Thank you for posting that link.
I think another good example of the Genovese power in Jersey was in the section on the "work slowdown" in May 2012. Trucks backed up for 4 days causing massive delays on the NJ Turnpike because two Genovese no-show workers got fired. I hadn't heard about that in the news, but it's pretty indicative of their influence down there. I can't imagine any other family with that kind of clout.


In May of 2012, APM Terminals determined that two ILA workers were being paid for
hours that they did not work, even when they were not present at the Port. The terminal fired
these individuals for their no-show activities. The reaction was swift and potent – a concerted
slowdown at the Port by the ILA workers, who insisted on “thorough” inspections of equipment
at port terminals. This troubling example of the use of union power for individualized gains
caused lengthy and costly delays for trucks at Port Newark-Elizabeth terminals in advance of the
Memorial Day weekend