During the cleanup the Ciminelli’s were vocal about no removal of current 210 leadership.
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â€The international union, not our own members, have filed claims calling for our removal," union leaders told employers in a letter of invitation to the meeting. "They claim that you participated in corruption with the local. We both know this to be a complete fabrication.
"Some of the other claims," the letter continued, "are that we supposedly asked -- and you agreed -- to hire stewards for no-show jobs. They also claim that you gave us kickbacks and that we permitted you to hire non-union laborers. These claims directly and indirectly call your reputation into question."
The letter was signed by Peter G. Gerace, business manager, and Peter A. Capitano, secretary-treasurer.
After the two-hour meeting, Capitano, President Everett Caci and attorney Robert L. Boreanaz met with a Buffalo News reporter. They said Louis P. Ciminelli, president of Frank L. Ciminelli Construction Co. Inc., was among employers who personally voiced support, as well as Daniel Boody and Thomas G. Hopkins, leaders of the Buffalo Building and Construction Trades Council.
"We feel real good that our members are behind us," Capitano said. "They screamed and yelled that they're in support; they want to put committees together, to march, to do whatever they can to keep this union going."
"They voted us in," Caci said, "and they don't want to take a vote right now to vote us out, because they're all in favor of us."
