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MR. RISPO: At that time I was on the payroll
at Food Fair Stores in Philadelphia. And we had heard
this here leasing company was coming in to take over
the drivers and dispatchers and everybody. And at that
time I was the chief steward for the dispatchers.
So we pulled a strike and we went out on
strike. We said we didn't want this leasing company.
You know, we wanted to stay employees of Food Fair
Stores. So we put up picket lines and everything
else.
And a guy by the name of Eugene Boffa tried
to approach me and talk to me. He said, you know,
"Let's try to get this thing worked out."
And I said, "No. I want nothing to do with
it. Local 500 don't want nothing to do with it."
So then later on a fellow by the name of Greg
Karchigi (phonetic), he came in and he said, "Look, why
don't you talk to this guy? He can help you and you
will make some money."
At this point I was still refusing. Then they
started bringing in the heavy guns. Frank Sheeran come
down to see me. He was the president of the Teamsters
Local 326. And I had known him and he had known my
family for years, me and my brothers. We discussed it