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Local l07?<br />

MR. RISPO: No, sir.<br />

MR. HARMON: Wh<strong>at</strong> was their view of the situa­<br />

tion in other instances where the employees did find out<br />

about it?<br />

MR. RISPO: Well, beca<strong>us</strong>e of <strong>this</strong> secret<br />

ballot thing th<strong>at</strong> the NLRB has, <strong>you</strong> can't disclose the<br />

names of who signed up. <strong>If</strong> it got touchy, <strong>you</strong> could<br />

<strong>us</strong>ually tell the guy, "Look, Jack Smith signed, but he<br />

don't want <strong>you</strong> to know he signed, so <strong>you</strong> could sign<br />

the card," if it ever came down to th<strong>at</strong>. Sometime we<br />

could f<strong>or</strong>ce the guys into signing; other times they<br />

were j<strong>us</strong>t too scared to even, bother asking.<br />

MR. HARl10N: So violence and the thre<strong>at</strong> of<br />

violence was a typical part of these kinds of shakedown<br />

schemes, is th<strong>at</strong> right, sir?<br />

MR. RISPO: Th<strong>at</strong> particular instance a man<br />

from Greece lost his eye, the driver of the truck.<br />

question.<br />

MR. HARMON: Now when Mr. -- I withdraw the<br />

Did <strong>you</strong> <strong>at</strong> some point begin to w<strong>or</strong>k in the<br />

lab<strong>or</strong> leasing b<strong>us</strong>iness?<br />

MR. RISPO: Yes, sir, I did.<br />

MR. HARMON: How did th<strong>at</strong> come about?

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