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    News Article ● Labor Unionization

    NJ Amazon union petition withdrawn by labor group with alleged past mob links

    April 20, 2022 // In 2012, federal prosecutors alleged that the group’s ex-treasurer, Robert Scalza, had enlisted a Genovese capo to threaten a rival trade union that was trying to unionize a Long Island chocolate factory. IBOTU officials have repeatedly been accused of misconduct. local 713 Scalza later pleaded guilty to extortion conspiracy charges, served six months house arrest and was temporarily barred from union activity, the New York Daily News reported in 2014.

    Amazon Amazon Labor Union Bayonne building services bus driving Federal prosecutors former secretary treasurer Genovese family health insurance IBOTU International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 819 International Brotherhood of Trade Unions Kayla Blado Local 713 Local 713 of the International Brotherhood of Trade Unions Long Island Long Island chocolate factory Long Island-based group Manufacturing National Labor Relations Board New Jersey New York New York Daily News reported New York Post New York Times reported Newark Bay fulfillment center northern New Jersey outcome from that case is unclear from available court archives Perry Scalza Pres Emeritus regional director Richard Scalza Robert Scalza shady practices signed cards six months house arrest Staten Island warehouse Steven Kern supermarket temporarily barred from union activity Theo Wayt threaten a rival trade union union bribery scheme union election warehousing withdrawn its union petition

    News Article ● Strike Unions

    UPDATE: ISU union workers authorize bargaining to call a strike

    March 30, 2022 // “No grass is getting cut, no food’s getting dished out, no bathrooms are getting cleaned, no classrooms are getting cleaned, no gymnasiums are getting cleaned. It is not happening if we’re not here,” said Chuck Carver, AFSCME Local 1110 President.

    AFSCME AFSCME 1110 AFSCME Local 1110 American State County and Municipal Employees Union Local 1110 authorize strike bargaining building services Chuck Carver dining good faith bargaining grounds maintenance Heart of Illinois ABC Howard Packowitz Illinois Illinois State University ISU Jason Howell Local 1110 mediation minimize disruption negotiation process no bathrooms are getting cleaned no classrooms are getting cleaned no food’s getting dished out No grass is getting cut Normal Paige Blanzy strike authorization union bargaining team Union President union workers University administrators University operations website created to offer administrators’ view of negotiations