Posts tagged regional director

    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    NJ Amazon union petition withdrawn by labor group with alleged past mob links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barred from union activity Theo Wayt threaten a rival trade union union bribery scheme union election warehousing withdrawn its union petition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 ● Corruption Labor

    Jerry Dias, resigned president of Canadian autoworkers union Unifor, under investigation

    March 17, 2022 // In that time, Dias acted as a consultant to the Canadian government and its negotiating team on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement; launched a campaign to save General Motors Co.'s plant in Oshawa, Ontario; and helped workers navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic.

    alleged breach Art Wheaton Breana Noble Canadian autoworkers union consultant to the Canadian government Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations School corruption Covid direct elections of international leaders federal watchdog Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV labor relations General Motors Jerry Dias medical leave misconduct Ontario Oshawa Pandemic President private-sector unions Ray Curry regional director U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement UAW UAW leadership UAW training center finances Unifor Unifor National Secretary-Treasurer Lana Payne Unifor's constitution Unifor's National Executive Board union vender union's independent ethics officer United Auto Workers