Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: jonnynonos
Interesting, but it sort of proves my point.

1) How many locals are there?

2) There are 1.5 million Teamsters.

Even if they have their hooks in it at a local level, that is a lot different than dominating the whole thing.

Didn't the FBI drop an investigation into Teamster corruption a while based on lack of evidence?

Agreed, Jonny. And it's amazing that the midwest still has that much corruption in their Teamster locals. Because I worked for Local 813 for 25 years. I was a steward for ten years and a business agent for seven. And I'm telling you right now, it's next to impossible for the wiseguys to get a foothold in a NY Teamsters local today. The federal mandates and restrictions are absolutely overwhelming.


I am not surprised at all.

I know people have said some asinine things about their current national leadership, but from my experience I would have an extremely hard time believing it is corrupted by organized crime from the top down.