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Conboy's sweeping report also tarred Democratic fund raisers and prominent labor leaders in money-laundering schemes on behalf of the Teamsters leader. Among the union officials named were Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, and Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, one of the fastest growing U.S. unions. Conboy cited evidence that Trumka, once the reform leader of the United Mine Workers, and McEntee helped get cash to Carey. The two leaders and Carey are reportedly targets of a federal grand jury in New York City that is investigating...
...Government sources told TIME that a federal grand jury in Manhattan is investigating not only Carey but also a cast of characters who had an interest in keeping his presidency alive, including two of America's most powerful labor leaders, AFL-CIO president John Sweeney and secretary-treasurer Richard Trumka. So far, three men connected to Carey--campaign manager Jere Nash, fund raiser Martin Davis and consultant Michael Ansara--have pleaded guilty to conspiracy. The three have contradicted Carey's assertion that he had no knowledge of the scheme. Carey says he is the victim of their misdeeds. According...
...raise money for Carey allegedly involved other top labor leaders. In one case, as Teamsters rank and file voted last October in a two-month process monitored by the Federal Government, the Carey campaign urgently needed a cash infusion for a final direct-mail push. Carey aides approached Trumka, asking the AFL-CIO "to help Ron." They were told the federation was short of cash. They suggested funneling $150,000 of Teamster money through the federation--and into Carey coffers. Trumka agreed, according to federal investigators. On Nov. 1, a Teamster check went to the AFL-CIO, which passed...
...www.paywatch.org detailing CEO pay packages, producing an instant cyberjam among those trying to log on to feed their fury. There are now a dozen Websites devoted to executive pay. "It takes thousands, literally thousands of years to earn what your CEO takes home in a single year," fumes Richard Trumka, secretary...
...also very expensive to prompt people to retire at what now seems to be an early age and collect pensions rather than pay taxes that might finance others' pensions for a vital five years or so. The counterargument, voiced by International United Mine Workers of America president Richard Trumka, among others, is that many blue-collar jobs are too physically demanding to be continued beyond, or even...