Word: carey
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...response, Lacey says that Carey himself is draining the union's coffers by suing the government and by having "flooded the books" with highly paid executives in order to repay political debts. Lacey also argues that his own success with the Teamsters -- since 1989, more than 140 officials have been driven from office -- has saved or recovered $14 million for the union, far in excess of the $4 million in legal fees and expenses his firm has collected...
...reformer like Carey turned into an apparent reactionary? Some experts speculate that Carey believes his militant posture is safe now because the Clinton Administration's Justice Department will not hound the Teamsters the way Republican Administrations did. Yet Carey's behavior, past and present, indicates that government supervision is still necessary. For example, the Teamsters leader doubts he "ever would have testified" on behalf of a reputed Lucchese family mobster named John Conti. But court records show that Carey spoke highly of Conti in a criminal case...
...This year, one of Carey's first moves as boss was to install William Genoese, a Teamsters official with a dubious background, as the head of a Mob- controlled airport-workers local in New York City. Lacey vetoed Carey's selection, calling Genoese "unbelievably oblivious" to corruption and citing his lengthy pattern of nepotism and misuse of union funds. "If even a casual look had been taken at Genoese's background, you would have known that this was a terrible mistake," says Lacey. "And Mr. Carey knew that." Moreover, the Mafia apparently likes Genoese: earlier this year, a former Lucchese...
...Carey concedes that the Genoese selection was a mistake -- one that he is unlikely to repeat, he says, thanks to an "ethical review committee" he launched last month. The committee will operate separately from the review board, and an outside firm will handle much of its work, including union background checks. The independent contractor will be Decision Strategies, a firm run by Bart Schwartz, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who Carey says has an "untouchable" reputation. "((Schwartz)) is now the investigative arm of the Teamsters," boasts Carey...
...credit, Carey has made some big strides since taking office. When turncoat Gambino underboss Sammy Gravano testified recently about his ties to a concrete-hauling Teamsters local, Carey slapped a trusteeship on the unit to shape it up. Last week, he says, he launched a probe of Teamsters links to the Mob in the movie industry. Carey also instituted budgets for the union, a previously unheard-of practice. He personally negotiated a contract for car haulers, one of the union's biggest accords, and he stopped a revolt by Northwest Airlines flight attendants who nearly quit the union to join...