by Wiseguy » Sun May 09, 2021 11:29 am
Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 11:00 am
On one of the documentaries from the early 2000s Rudy Giuliani said the city had lost the docks. That they were no longer doing the kind of business they use to due to the pervasive mob influence. I remember somewhere else how most companies just moved their shipping to other city docks to avoid the mob taxes and corruption. This was reflected in the 2002 Gambino case involving extortion on the docks. I forgot the exact figures they were getting but they were rediculously low. Like only in the lows thousands of dollars. I was surprised when I read it. Then after that you have to factor that their man running the docks union (Red Scollo) flipped. Today I imagine they are getting next to nothing out of the Brooklyn docks.
Pogo
Of course, the ILA and the mob's answer, first to loss of jobs to containerization and later to loss of overall business in the region, was the Container Royalty Fund. As part of the CBA with the ILA, carriers have to pay into it - hundreds of millions each year. Back in 2012, this resulted with year-end supplemental checks to ILA members averaging over $15,000. That's on top of their regular wages. And it's naturally been a big target for the mob in the past (the Christmas shakedowns).
Anyway, just for comparison purposes, Local 1814 in Brooklyn has 141 members. Local 920 in Staten Island has 179. Local 1 in Newark has 732 members. Local 1235 has 884. I don't think it's a coincidence that we've seen basically nothing from the Gambinos on the waterfront after 2005.
If anything is left, it's most likely going to simply be using connections to obtain union jobs. In fact, that seems to be the main thing even on the Jersey side. Dispensing high-paying, relatively easy (sometimes no show) jobs with good benefits to family, friends and associates. Going forward, I wouldn't be surprised if we see the more blatant racketeering activity, i.e. extortion of waterfront companies, forcing kickbacks from workers, etc. go by the wayside.
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On one of the documentaries from the early 2000s Rudy Giuliani said the city had lost the docks. That they were no longer doing the kind of business they use to due to the pervasive mob influence. I remember somewhere else how most companies just moved their shipping to other city docks to avoid the mob taxes and corruption. This was reflected in the 2002 Gambino case involving extortion on the docks. I forgot the exact figures they were getting but they were rediculously low. Like only in the lows thousands of dollars. I was surprised when I read it. Then after that you have to factor that their man running the docks union (Red Scollo) flipped. Today I imagine they are getting next to nothing out of the Brooklyn docks.
Pogo
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Of course, the ILA and the mob's answer, first to loss of jobs to containerization and later to loss of overall business in the region, was the Container Royalty Fund. As part of the CBA with the ILA, carriers have to pay into it - hundreds of millions each year. Back in 2012, this resulted with year-end supplemental checks to ILA members averaging over $15,000. That's on top of their regular wages. And it's naturally been a big target for the mob in the past (the Christmas shakedowns).
Anyway, just for comparison purposes, Local 1814 in Brooklyn has 141 members. Local 920 in Staten Island has 179. Local 1 in Newark has 732 members. Local 1235 has 884. I don't think it's a coincidence that we've seen basically nothing from the Gambinos on the waterfront after 2005.
If anything is left, it's most likely going to simply be using connections to obtain union jobs. In fact, that seems to be the main thing even on the Jersey side. Dispensing high-paying, relatively easy (sometimes no show) jobs with good benefits to family, friends and associates. Going forward, I wouldn't be surprised if we see the more blatant racketeering activity, i.e. extortion of waterfront companies, forcing kickbacks from workers, etc. go by the wayside.