Mobsters, Unions, and Feds: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement
Автор:James Jacobs Год: 2007 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 320 ISBN: 0814742947 View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction. "Jacobs offers a history of the federal government's efforts to curb labor racketeering. The heart of his text focuses on the results achieved by employing Civil RICO suits to wee out organized crime from unions long mired in corruption. The Justice Department has mounted twenty such efforts since 1982, and Jacobs's book is the first to provide a comprehensive assessment of this controversial tactic. He tackles this ambitious projct with a combination of detailed research, clear writing, and judicious consideration, all of which have been a hallmark of his previous texts on corruption and organized crime. The result is a must read book for anyone interested in the problem of unioncorruption and what to do about it." ? Industrial and Labor Relations Review "Jacobs, legal scholar and expert on the Mafia, sets out to show how the Mob has distorted American labor history, explaining the relationship between...
