It’s the moment James Brady has been waiting for: To watch Bernie Madoff get hauled off to jail. Brady only wished it came sooner. He is the president of retirees for Carpenters Local 747, one of the unions whose pension funds got caught up in Madoff’s multi-billion dollar sham.
“It’s sad he ruined [...]
FBI Arrests City Carpenters Union Boss
The FBI has arrested the leader of a powerful labor union that recently endorsed Mayor Michael Bloomberg for re-election. Michael Forde is charged with taking bribes from contractors who were scheming to cut labor costs. Nine other men were also named in the federal indictment. Forde serves as the executive [...]
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Dirty Jobs returns Tuesdays @ 9pm EP on Discovery!
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Safety falls a little lower on the priority scale when Mike assists a team of carpenters on top of a New York skyscraper.
In a thoughtful look back at his most challenging and hazardous apprenticeships, Mike makes a practical [...]
Salina, New York (WSYR-TV) – About 70 union members packed the Carpenters Union Hall in Salina Tuesday night. It was scheduled to be a regular union meeting, but members demanded answers to their questions about the money that was lost through the Bernie Madoff scandal. Tuesday evening, members told NewsChannel 9 that the union’s executive [...]