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MR. RYANI Mr. Schaffler, would you explain
what you mean by a sweetheart contract?
MR. SCHAFFLER: A sweetheart contract essen­
tially is a contract which gives more rights, more
power, if you will, to an employer than to a working
person. In essence there is very little in the way of
wage scale. There is very little in the way of fringe
benefits accruing to the workers. There is very little
in the way of any sort of grievance procedure or
policies or anything of that nature.
HR. RYAN: Are there any differences in the
violations these independent corrupt unions engage in
and the violations that are traditionally aRsociated
with other organiZed crime dominated unions?
HR. SCHAFFLER: Essentially, no. A violation
is a violation. An embezzlement is an embezzlement.
If you are in an AFL-CIO local and you embezzle
it's no different than an independent. However, the
independents have no -- there is no oversight over these
independent unions. There is no international body that
really looks down to check their activities. And as
such, they tend to be more blatant when they do commit
these various illegalities.
MR. RYAN: What is a desk drawer contract?
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