NCJ Number
84962
Date Published
Unknown
Length
118 pages
Annotation
The Commission investigated organized crime involvement in labor relations at housing construction sites and continued its surveillance of currently active underworld members and associates.
Abstract
Recommendations for proscribing such housing project labor relations practices are delineated. They are designed to stop 'sweetheart' contracts, agreements with underworld figures to keep unions out of construction projects, and other payoffs. The Commission urges that Federal statutes applicable to the licensing and regulation of labor relations consultants be strengthened and more adequately enforced. Furthermore, the Legislature of the State of New Jersey should enact a statute imposing fiduciary duties and responsibilities on labor union representatives, supplemented by a designation of violations as a criminal act. A resume of major investigations and the statute authorizing the Commission are appended.